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Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

From:Isaac Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Sunday, January 30, 2005, 22:06
Rene Uittenbogaard wrote:

> But they immediately > warned me that I should not use the word for "male goat" in Russian, as > it's considered a very offensive insult. > > Can any of our Russian-speakers confirm this? This usage could of > course be regional; this couple was from near Krasnodar, if I'm correct.
I can confirm it. It is not regional. It comes from jail slang where it denotes a passive homosexualist. Jail slang words became very popular in USSR after WW2. -- Yitzik

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