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  2. Polish profanity - Wikipedia

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    An adjective derived from "chuj", literally meaning "dick-like". "Chujowy" is the masculine form, the feminine form is "chujowa" and the neuter form is "chujowe". Often used to describe an object (or situation) of a rather deplorable or otherwise undesirable quality, e.g. "Chujowy samochód" meaning "A vehicle that broadly fails in its utility ...

  3. Mat (profanity) - Wikipedia

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    The mat-word "хуй" ("khuy") in Max Vasmer's Russisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [] (Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language). Heidelberg, 1950–1958. Mat (Russian: мат; матерщи́на / ма́терный язы́к, matershchina / materny yazyk) is the term for vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.

  4. Polish orthography - Wikipedia

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    The pronunciation of the sequence wja (in wjazd) is the same as the pronunciation of wia (in wiadro "bucket"). The ending -ii which appears in the inflected forms of some nouns of foreign origin, which have -ia in the nominative case (always after g , k , l , and r ; sometimes after m , n , and other consonants), is pronounced as [ji] , with ...

  5. Bitch Wars - Wikipedia

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    The Russian word suka (Russian: сука, literally "bitch") has a different negative connotation than its English equivalent. In Russian criminal argot, it specifically refers to a person from the criminal world who has "made oneself a bitch" (Russian: ссучился, romanized: ssuchilsya) by cooperating in any way with law enforcement or with the government.

  6. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    It may mean "effeminate" or "sensitive" with a negative connotation; cochón—used in Nicaragua; cola (lit.: "tail") desviado (lit.: "deviant") fresa (lit.: "strawberry")—used in Mexico to mean "fag" and can also refer to people who are preppy or yuppy. For example, pinche fresa means "fucking fag." fran (lit.:"fran")-used to mean "gay ...

  7. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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    Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.

  8. Phonetic transcription - Wikipedia

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    For example, the English word church may be transcribed as /tʃɝːtʃ/, a close approximation of its actual pronunciation, or more abstractly as /crc/, which is easier to type. Phonemic symbols should always be backed up by an explanation of their use and meaning, especially when they are as divergent from actual pronunciation as /crc/. [14]

  9. Asshole - Wikipedia

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    The word is mainly used as a vulgarity or a profanity, generally to describe people who are viewed as stupid, incompetent, unpleasant, or detestable. [9] Moral philosopher Aaron James, in his 2012 book, Assholes: A Theory, gives a more precise meaning of the word, particularly to its connotation in the United States: A person, who is almost always male, who considers himself of much greater ...