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[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

What does "дык" mean?! Like  the American "duh" or the opposite? Or not at all...

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[voiza.livejournal.com]

no, this word means something like "So"

[thevile.livejournal.com]

ep

It means like agreement with smth

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

aha, that's kind of what I thought. Is it when you think somebody stated the obvious?

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

It is distorted "так" (so.) This is the way this word was pronounced in some rural Russian dialects. Back in 1980s, it was picked up by митьки (http://www.other.spb.ru/convers.html) and later crossed the borders of this narrow subculture and became a part of widely-used slang.

[olydiagron.livejournal.com]

Spasibo!

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

In fact, it can bear many, many other meanings as well :) Agreement, resentment, irritation, contradiction, satisfaction, anger, and thankfulness, sometimes all at once :)

[alamar.livejournal.com]

It might mean duh (one of main meanings), but generally its meaning is wider.

[misino.livejournal.com]

We use it with "ну", "ну дык...". It means that you are unsertain or on the contrary, like an emphasised agreement, smth like "I told you".

[vovse-ne.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's right. "Дык" is a dialectic "так".

[gera.livejournal.com]

When used by itself, it's close to "duh".
The difference is that it's often used to indicate agreement in opinions, rather than pointing out that it took the other guy long enough to realize a obvious fact.
When it's used in sentence, it's just a distorted "так".

[thevile.livejournal.com]

In such context, too..

For example,
- You are so clever!
- дык

Sometimes, you can say only 'дык' when u can't find any words more... As for me, I can say in a such way, if somebody praises me (make me shy)... Of course, it is better to thankfull $-)

[no-access.livejournal.com]

not only "так". "дык" is "так" in the "ну дык" expression, but if "дык" is alone, it means "ну так" or "ну дык" ;)

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

In the given example "дык" may also be replaced by "а то!":

- You are so clever!
- а то!

[spiritrc.livejournal.com]

In case when "дык" stands for "так", it can be used like this:

- Ой, кто это? (actually, it would sound like "Ой, хтойта?")
- Дык это ж я, Васька!

[thevile.livejournal.com]

"а то" has very close meaning to "дык"

Historical comment

[musasy.livejournal.com]

This word was born in 70th years in group of Russian nonconformal artists called "Mitki"
Followed links are in Russian lng.
"Митки" on Wiki (http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8)
"Митьки" on Kulichki (http://mitki.kulichki.com/)