Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

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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