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Benny Harvey
Nov 24, 2012

ulex minor posted:

i would like to submit that 'ja' is the best of german words

it's got both the brusqueness of 'yes' and the casual nature of 'yeah' - all depending on your inflection. germany really wins in the 'one syllable affirmative word' imo

Ja is pretty formal. Informal there's jo, tja, ge, nöa (sp? It's the weird Saxon one borrowed from Czech). Plus I'm guessing lots more regional ones.

My favourite German word is probably vertrinken which means to spend your money on alcohol. Honourable mention goes to backpfeifengesicht which means a face you want to slap.

People have suggested kurwa, cyka and blyad so far but I think the best Slavic swear is chuj. It means cock but there's just something so forceful about it.

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Benny Harvey
Nov 24, 2012

EL BROMANCE posted:

Can't cover Welsh without the "slang word that's most likely never actually used" of 'popty ping' (the oven which goes ping - a microwave).

The Welsh for ironing is smwddio. Pronounced smoothio.

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