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[ex-bluejuly.livejournal.com]

Can жопа be used literally like how in English we can use "ass" in two different ways? ie, "you stupid ass" & "there's a gum sticking on your ass." Or is it зад in the latter case?

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[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I would love to remind that in Russian, the social tolerance towards the usage of obscenities is usually far more strict than in English. Though you have right to know this word, I really doubt that it is a good idea to use it in front of the people you don't know - of course, if you are not intended to insult them. Using зад or задница is far more appropriate.
It would be also a good idea not to provoke people to discuss the obscenities topic: you must know that since somebody starts it, there always is plenty of people more than willing to demonstrate their rich knowledge of this sort of language, which really offends many others.