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[bricoleura.livejournal.com]

Hi all!

I have a few stupid questions:
Is there a way to say “Neil being Neil” in Russian? Or maybe “Neil acting like Neil”

Also, колбаситься- i know it’s slang, but is it rude?

Oooh...Can you please elaborate on the word "прикольно" i hear it all the time, and in fact i use it myself, but i'm still not sure exactly what it means;) Originally it was taught to me as meaning 'funny' Then someone else told me it meant 'cool' What is your take?

спасибо Вам!!!

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[strelkan.livejournal.com]

1. neil ведёт себя как всегда, neil в своём репертуаре
2. slang, not rude, used mostly by teenagers
3. прикольно is closer to 'funny' rather then 'cool', but can be used in both cases

[http://users.livejournal.com/_teemon_/]

3. funky or cool

[raul22.livejournal.com]

I hate this word (прикольно). People use it to substitute many, many russian words, which makes the language much more poor. Don't use it :))

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Agree.
But I sometimes use it when I want to laugh at my self and call my certain devotions "прикольными" emphasizing that I know it is not expected from someone of my age to love stuff like that but I still do ;)

[ducking.livejournal.com]

Actually, the implied meaning of the word "прикольно" depends on the age of the speaker, his/her social status, the mood of the discussion, and so on.
Really, you just have to feel it.
Although the basic translation is quite apparent, and you have already mentioned both variants.

[temcat.livejournal.com]

Being Russian myself, I would love if somebody told me the exact meaning of the words колбаситься and колбасить (as in: меня плющит и колбасит). I hear them used very often, but the meaning is vague to me. I understand general direction, but can't really construct a definition, which bugs me as a technical person :-)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Cool down then, I don't know it either, but I can live with it :)

[noser.livejournal.com]

You need to smoke some bad sh*t to understand the technical aspects.

[temcat.livejournal.com]

...and somebody needs to cease smoking some bad sh*t to understand what I meant :-)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_teemon_/]

"Колбасить" - make somebody shakin.
"Колбаситься" - to shake body. Dance or illness.

It's from "колбаса" = sausage.

"колбаса" - also means club music that makes people "колбаситься"

[madrumos.livejournal.com]

well aren't you guys just in luck!

check out this article that i saw today. i can't personally vouch for the accuracy of it all, but it seems good to me, and in any case it's interesting and informative.

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2005/04/08/007.html

[temcat.livejournal.com]

You're my hero! Thanks, very good article, indeed.

BTW, I enjoyed very much this excellent weekly column by Michael Berdy when it was published in Saint-Petersburg Times, but then it suddenly disappeared... Now I know where to look for it!

[bricoleura.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this! i wasn't aware it could it mean drinking or doing drugs also. Hmmm...now i wonder exactly what my friend meant when she mentioned she 'kolbacilas' last week;)

[nemica.livejournal.com]

Well it's possible колбаситься without any stimulators but it's much easier to do with a couple of drinks. :)))

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that.
(Sadly) I feel old, very old indeed....

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Please don't be
The first time I felt 'old' was when tutoring a group from 5th form and when they were using some slang I barely understood (I was at 3d year of high-school ;) )

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

My only problem is that I am, as a matter of fact, a little bit older than the high school age :)

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

:P

[oryx_and_crake]

Нил (I am not sure if this is the correct pronounciation for Neil), он Нил и есть

Это же Нил, что ж ты хочешь?!

Ты что, Нила не знаешь?

[evgeniy-k.livejournal.com]

Знатоки, я могу вам всем помочь! =)
Russian learners, I can help you! =)
hail from Russian town of Kirovo-Chepetsk