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[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Can someone tell me what the word проподать means? One of my Russian friends used it, and I thought he meant пропадать, but that wasn't the case. It's not in my dictionary; help!

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[taosu.livejournal.com]

It's пропадать, but written with mistake for purpose. There was a cummunity called падонки who used distorted and offensive words, then they made their way to the Russian-speakin LJ. Main resource of падонки is http://www.udaff.com/

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I can't access this website. Sounds interesting though! Can you explain what you meant a little further? I didn't think that пропадать was offensive....

[squadette.livejournal.com]

I guess the above commenter is slightly wrong. This is most probably just a typo (or, rather, a result of a slight illiteracy).

padonki ("scum", written with a deliberate error) use entirely different vocabulary and a set of word distortion rules

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Ooo, that's interesting. Thank you!

[klaptraeet.livejournal.com]

there is no such a word.
Only Пропадать

[gera.livejournal.com]

I thought he meant пропадать, but that wasn't the case

How do you know that?

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Good point... i'm not sure. He used it twice, in two different conversations.
It's kinda funny to be a Russian student trying to deal with a spelling mistakes from a Russian:-)

[gera.livejournal.com]

Exactly :)
You can't always count on correct spelling by native speakers.
Whatever their mother tongue is :)

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Ha! I make so many in English, it's disgraceful.

[danvolodar.livejournal.com]

Is it преподать or преподавать?

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Thought of that, but it didn't work in context. Thanks though!

[valeria-kapriz.livejournal.com]

http://multitran.ru/c/m.exe?HL=2&L1=2&L2=1&EXT=0&s=%EF%F0%EE%EF%E0%E4%E0%F2%FC

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

What a terrific website! Thank you!

[sverb.livejournal.com]

Never heard such a word...

[est-lladon.livejournal.com]

пропадать - disappear (when speaking about lost things or people)

[tikvi.livejournal.com]

Yep, and that word makes perfect sense in context. But this person insists on spelling it "проподать." :-) Ой.
My favorite expression with this word is Куда ты пропал(а)?