Question

[delan-delan.livejournal.com]

Here is a stupid question. I hosted a Russian speaking exchange student a while ago, and when he got together with the other exchange students, they would always refer to as one of the other student's host as a "Dolboyob" or something similar to this. What does that mean? I can't find it in any of my Russian dictionaries. Is this an insult?

Thanks for your time.

Comments

Yes,

[natha1ie.livejournal.com]

it IS insult. Dolboyob is smth like a motherf@cker.

[ipdipd.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is insult. Its difficult to translate but I would say it is smth like dickhead.

[bekesha.livejournal.com]

fucking idiot/asshole - very rude; there is no literal translation/analog in English

if you are interested in further details you may find them there - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82 (including that specific word)

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

Долбоёб really is a strong insult and means (inexactly, but I tried to do my best in this translation) "person who uses a prick instead of head".

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

Good, but I'd better say that's "мудак" (very strong insult! use only if you know what you say!).

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Please re-read the rules of this community: potentially offensive stuff must stay behind the lj-cut. Please edit your message according to the rules. Thank you for understanding.

[delan-delan.livejournal.com]

Sorry, didn't know it was an insult.

[delan-delan.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

Re: Yes,

[delan-delan.livejournal.com]

Now that I know this it has become a very funny story!

[kzot.livejournal.com]

do u know the other host?
were the students right? )

[delan-delan.livejournal.com]

They were %100 correct!

[kzot.livejournal.com]

that's when russian smekalka comes into the picture))
and about the word долбоеб
1. as it was written before, it goes for "extremely stupid, as stupid as a man can possibly be"
2. the head of SUP (that's the company which owns livejournal.com), Anton Nosik, also has a LJ. his LJ is dolboeb

[gnomobile.livejournal.com]

great! you made my day :)

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

so, d!ckhe@d in english, something that conveys more stupidity than malice? or does it mean someone who thinks of things in a perverse/sexual nature?

[acuzena.livejournal.com]

I guess we send wrong students for exchange:)

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

no, it was said that the characterization was indeed on tack, sounds more like we are providing 'less-than-stellar' hosts on our side of the pond...

; ^ D

[acuzena.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I didn't get you. What do you mean?

[giftchild.livejournal.com]

the students may have said that one particular host was a dunce, but the other host agrees that they are correct, so the failing would seem to be on the american side in our not providing better hosts.

; ^ )

[malim-praedari.livejournal.com]

It's more like "shithead", really. An obnoxious person that you find exasperating. A douchebag. Or some such.

(Pardon my French.)

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

"Dickhead" is "мудак". "Долбоёб" means even more stupidity :-)

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

... more stupidity, but a bit less insult.

[mr-uef.livejournal.com]

dumbfuck is an authentic and almost literal translation.

[gemelo.livejournal.com]

http://www.notam02.no/%7Ehcholm/altlang/ht/Russian.1.html#so2 many such words with explanation:)

[belacane.livejournal.com]

it's from the word 'dolbit', which if i think correctly, means something like to drill in (information)... and then the person still doesn't get it.

dolboyob, is like a dumb fuck....