Жжош!

[temcat.livejournal.com]

Could some fellow Russian please explain to me the exact meaning of the verb "жечь" as used in the Russian blogspeak (usually grossly and deliberately misspelt, like for example "жжош" instead of "жжёшь")? I suppose this is some kind of positive characteristic. Is it related to the phrase "глаголом жечь сердца людей" by A. S . Pushkin? I believe this can also be interesting for Russian students reading blogs kept by native Russian speakers.

[Update: PLEASE, PLEASE refrain from further posting on this topic. There is already a lot of garbage here, and I regret that I started the whole thing.]

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[shellesie.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a kind of approval. But please, don't use it, it'a awful and silly imho :-\ I don't think that it's related to Pushkin, but who knows, who knows...

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[kalaus.livejournal.com]

Encouragement and approval. "Жжош" and more here:
Blogspeak dictionary:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shoo_/218401.html

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[shalapanova.livejournal.com]

The initial idea was that this was a form of slang verb "зажигать" with expressly incorrect orthography.

Зажигать (when you speak about smb's creative) means that the persion created something admirable.

BTW, maybe Pushkin's poem leads to this slang meaning.

Maybe someone can explain better. :-)

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[uncle-becher.livejournal.com]

even if there is a relation to Pushkin it is very very distant. basically жжош! stands for extremely positive impression. Related to зажигать (to have good time) -- another modern slang but not web-specific.

Here is a funny but yet more-less adequate dictionary to the modern net-slang, see if it helps: http://www.livejournal.com/users/shoo_/218401.html

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[g0mez.livejournal.com]

One of the meanings the verb "зажигать (http://www.gramota.ru/dic/search.php?word=%E7%E0%E6%E8%E3%E0%F2%FC&efr=x)" has is "воодушевлять" (to inspire). "Жжёшь" is a slang version for "зажигаешь". So one can say it is related to Pushkin :)

(frozen) Аффтар жжот!

[samogon.livejournal.com]

Пешы исчо!

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[lobanov.livejournal.com]

Смотри, не напейся йаду :))

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[temcat.livejournal.com]

I don't :-) But I want to understand it, because it bugs me when I don't know the meaning of a commonly used word when I'm Russian myself :-)

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[mtyukanov.livejournal.com]

Etymologically speaking, it is indeed some sort of an allusion to Puskin mixed with another slang item "зажигать", to have lots of fun, as in "зажигали вчера в клубе не по-детски", "басист, зажигай!", etc., similar to 'to rave', but without specific reference to acid-house music. It's quite possible to зажигать being drunk on vodka with heavy metal blaring.

As of deliberately garbled spelling, compare it with English 'kewl' for 'cool'. Basically it's the same -- some use misspellings to mark their statements as ironic, some catch the wave and use such an 'alternative spelling' simply because it's kewl and it's жжот.

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[hound-lancer.livejournal.com]

A good article in Russian about the creation of the blog here http://www.newsru.com/russia/17may2005/afftor.html

the link in above comments is rather a joke than a true reference.

On the whole this vocabulary is considered uncultured and can be recommended in limited number of occasions for stylistic purposes.

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[hound-lancer.livejournal.com]

The basic principle for word formation is phonetic writing.

[clandestin.livejournal.com]

Это зачот нах!
Учи албанский.

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

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[ob-ivan.livejournal.com]

it does have meaning. don't misguide non-native speakers

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[clandestin.livejournal.com]

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[ob-ivan.livejournal.com]

i would say that the basic principle is on-purpose misspelling, even if it doesn't correspond to reading. e.g. we don't really pronounce double ц in reflexive verbs' endings like in "пишецца"

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[clandestin.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. It is not related to Pushkin. Stop it.
It is related to Lukianenko, and the expression became popular after his 'night patrol' (ночной дозор).

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[some-noise.livejournal.com]

смешно, да )

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

Why do you persecute The Writer?! You're dirty kaschenist!

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[big-lebowski.livejournal.com]

Why? It really takes its roots from Lookyanenko. The main characters of the book really yelled something like "Жги исчо!" and fought with their enemies. I even can remember a quotation:
"- Киса, ты с какова города? - спросил Городецкий.
- Аффтар, жги исчо! - поддержал его Гессер.
- Жжош нипадецки. - злобно прошипел Завулон."

So you see, it's really so.

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[clandestin.livejournal.com]

What writer? Pushkin or Lukianenko?

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[temcat.livejournal.com]

Quote please?

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[temcat.livejournal.com]

yeah, because the word fuck does not have any meaning. oh, wait :-)

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[clandestin.livejournal.com]

By the way, I've heard that Lukianenko is a great fan of Star Wars, so he took his pseudonym (Lukianenko isn't the real name as far as I know) in honour of Luc Skywalker 'cause Luc and Luk sound in Russian in the same way. Is it true?

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[big-lebowski.livejournal.com]

I guess it is.