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[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

How do you convey that someone is not a person that you would want to fight because he is a tough guy? I'm looking for a Russian equivalent to a word like 'badass' or a word or phrase to say that someone is a dangerous person.

What is the proper word for 'thug'? Looking it up on translators and online dictionaries gives убийца, головорез, бандит ... all kinds of stuff.

Is there a phrase that conveys that someone is a 'connected guy' (that he has friends in the Mafia, or is part of a gang)?

Finally, is there a single verb that has the meaning that someone is carrying a gun or weapon? Something like an equivalent to the American slang 'to be strapped'?

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Re: IMHO

[sushchestvo.livejournal.com]

All words in any language are equal from the linguistic point of view and I know it perfectly well. But if we take it from the so to speak functional viewpoint? Sometimes foreigners abuse these words. Perhaps they want to please native speakers who are fed up with it all.

Re: IMHO

[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

My motivation for asking is that:
a) these are the kinds of words I use in English. Blame gangsta rap.
b) my wife also wouldn't know the nuances of many of these words, and the dictionary is of little help, so a knowledgeable native speaker of a different kind is required.

I'm not sure what it would mean to 'abuse' words though?

Re: IMHO

[sushchestvo.livejournal.com]

OK ;)