Russkii Mat

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine is shocked that I don't know how to say "It's f***ing cold," (which it's not, by the way).

How does one learn to cuss properly in Russian?

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[branwen.livejournal.com]

From my boyfriend and his friends. Haha.

Really, though... not here, obviously, but if you contact any young guys I'm sure you would learn quickly.

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[zufall.livejournal.com]

I think getting drunk on cheap vodka with some backwoods construction workers would do well. Alternately, there's the tongue-in-cheek http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452277450/ref=sr_11_1/104-4480492-1343950?%5Fencoding=UTF8

I know it's prudish, but Russian cussing really gets on my nerves because it's oftentimes so insipid in actual practice ("khui" 5 times in a sentence with no clear meaning). Oh well, blyad, my loss, nakhui.

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[rem-lj.livejournal.com]

холодно, бля!
холодно, шопиздец!
ёбаный мороз!

someting like that
and lot more :)

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[lo5an.livejournal.com]

a friend of mine gave me a copy of his "learn to swear in russian" cd. I haven't listened to it extensively, but I'm told it is extensive in its coverage. I think its basically a bunch of recordings some guy made with his Russian friends.

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[exabort.livejournal.com]

> холодно, бля!
> холодно, шопиздец!
> ёбаный мороз!

неебательский мороз!
ебанический мороз!

мудоблядствующепиздопрохуйский мороз!!! :)

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[gral.livejournal.com]

пиздец колотун!
охуеть, как холодно!

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[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

неебательский мороз!
ебанический мороз!

These almost seem to contradict each other...

мудоблядствующепиздопрохуйский мороз!!! :)
And I don't even want to try this one!

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[switch-on.livejournal.com]

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[smartkitty-86.livejournal.com]

hahaha, I have that book!

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[gral.livejournal.com]

> These almost seem to contradict each other...

nope
the same meaning

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[oryx_and_crake]

You should be aware that the obscenity level of Russian мат is much higher than of English "fuck" and variations thereof. I would be extremely shocked if any of my friends would use any of the expressions people gave you in this thread. (In man-to-man talk, maybe; but DEFINITELY NOT from a woman if you don't want to give people a totally wrong idea about you.) By the way, this friend of yours who was surprised that you cannot curse in Russian - is it a man or a woman and are they Russian? (I would guess not.)

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[ex-bad-actre927.livejournal.com]

пиздец как холодно!

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[ex-bad-actre927.livejournal.com]

гы :)

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[breqwas.livejournal.com]

> These almost seem to contradict each other...

Russian mat has its own logics, which is even more irrational, than feminine logics. You should bore and grow in Russia to understand it.

Or even not to understand, but to feel.

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[alinaf.livejournal.com]

"...which is even more irrational, than feminine logics. "

:)

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

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[ex-fractaliz864.livejournal.com]

These almost seem to contradict each other...

There are some russian jokes like

Почему, если "пиздатый" лучше, чем "хуёвый", то "охуенный" лучше, чем "пиздатый"???

Sorry, but I don't know how to adequately translate that...

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[roma.livejournal.com]

The way I'd love to hear it: "мороз невъебленный!".
But that's a bit too intellectual, I guess.
Just "блядский холод" may work.

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[devinshire.livejournal.com]

"Logic" is always singular.

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[spiderhood.livejournal.com]

oryx_and_crake is absolutely, completely and positively right. "It's f***ing cold" would be equal to "чертовски холодно" at most, and would never even dream to approach the strength of what the folks have been suggesting in the comments above.

Actually, normal people of your age and older almost never use cuss words in Russian, and definitely never use 'em loud in public.

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[ex-dmitri83798.livejournal.com]

"Actually, normal people of your age and older almost never use cuss words in Russian, and definitely never use 'em loud in public."

that is to say that younger ones do? ;)

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[lindagraciela.livejournal.com]

Try the site http://damn.ru . The cussings there are machine-generated, but sometimes just fucking great!

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[joliecanard.livejournal.com]

I know that, as a foreign woman, I get away with more Russkii mat than a Russian woman, but nonetheless, my Russian friends would give no more than a smirk if I used those phrases.
;)

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[hound-lancer.livejournal.com]

That's the point! It's fun to use a few phrases among friends but in pulic it is not recommended yet. You know, I quit using English swear words in English speaking countries after I had heard a group of expats in Moscow swearing in Russian. It didn't sound shocking, or offensive. It was just ridiculous.

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[oryx_and_crake]

Will they be laughing with you or at you?

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[exabort.livejournal.com]

"Actually, normal people of your age and older almost never use cuss words in Russian, and definitely never use 'em loud in public."

...depends on a situation ;) and social layer of "normal people" :)