OT: The all-purpose word

10 comments

• vincemichaels

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  8 years ago

  Yeah, fucking A.
• san_jose_guy

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  8 years ago

  Yes, most languages have such words.
  
  In David Stuart's books about Guyams Mexico in the 1970's, the word was Cabrone, which basically means 'cuckold'. When some people talk, like working girls, it is used in every sentence.
  
  SJG
  
  http://doxyspotting.com/?p=104004
• Hugh_G_Rection

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  8 years ago

  Dr. Phil will have a field day, but the Germans are all partial to Schiessen (shit) the way American English speakers treat Fuck. Thanks SJG for the Mexican treatment.
  
  Shit Fuck Bastard now covers all bases in 3 languages....
• MrDeuce

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  8 years ago

  "Puta" is huge in Spanish, too.
  
  Germans combine "Scheisse" with lots of other words to form earthy compounds, e.g.:
  Scheisskopf = shithead
  Scheissarbeit = shitty work
  Scheissantwort = shitty answer
  etc. etc. It does seem to play the role in German swearing that "fuck" does in English. BTW, "schiessen" means "to shoot", so I suppose if you were out on the gun range with a German and shot poorly, he might say "Scheissschiessen!", meaning "Shitty shooting!" :)
• san_jose_guy

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  8 years ago

  Also, Burro pronounced with a rolling 'r'. Never seen that written down though. Girl at hanky panky said I was a Burro, in an affectionate tone, and that I was looking for Puta. That was not really true though.
  
  SJG
• motorhead

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  8 years ago

  
  No other word is so versatile
  
  https://youtu.be/26UA578yQ5g
• Meursault

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  8 years ago

  @motorhead: "No other word is so versatile."
  
  What about "smurf"?
• jsbach

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  8 years ago

  @Meursault: You are smurfing hilarious! Good stuff.
• san_jose_guy

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  8 years ago

  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.ph…
  
  SJG
  
  http://doxyspotting.com/?p=101950
• Clubber

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  8 years ago

  Mr,
  
  According to Gordon Shumway, Melmac ,
  
  xenolingkopf = shithead
  xenolingbeit = shitty work
  xenolingwort = shitty answer