Asking non-native English speakers.

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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As someone who speaks the exact bare minimum amount of Russian to get by in Estonia (so basically hello, please, thank you, fuck you, good bye), there's a couple Russian words of the "not in front of your babushka" type that IMO lose a bit of character when translated to the English phrases that mean the same thing:

похуй - universal answer whenever someone raises a concern

хуйня - very versatile word

I'll let you do the honor of translating them.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    very versatile word

    So, pretty much anything and sometimes exact opposite thing 🥲

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Pretty much.

    In the context of how I hear it used in Estonia at least, it both means something is very annoying, or it means it's so unimportant it doesn't matter. It also just means "thingamajig". I suspect there are use cases I can't think of right now or ones that I don't even know.

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