Re: Insults was (Re: Fw: translation needed)

noldo@hem1.passagen.se writes:
>I also thought about using other people's conlangs, especially Asiteya
>because it sounds so soft and nice and no one would ever believe we're
>saying nasty things like: "Your father is eating grass" and "yo' mama
>so fat..." or "I rule" or "I'm the greatest man alive, please clean
>my shoes". Anyway, the problem with that is obviously that not many
>people has made up the words we need. So I think we'll go for Rinya
>after all.
>
>So, what do you guys think? I really would like some comments on this.

Well, I like that idea. I had a Spanish professor last year that
terrorized us and we basically called her "the Dragon Lady". It would have
been nice to have something to refer to her without her knowing. Anywho,
it got me to thinking about how I would handle insults in Tilon Nevo.
So, I thought of the following:

For derogatory words, I use the root 'for-'. I use it because it doesnt
sound like it is offensive (to my ears). This is added onto other words to
create derogatory words, or it has affixes added onto it to create all
purpose derrogatory words.

Examples

- foramo - just a general insult when you cant think of a specific insult.
No real translation.

The next two are equivalent to "bitch" (as used among my peers, "bitch"
can be used for both men and women)
- forako - insult for men
- foraso - insult for women

- donano che foramo - general insult. used like "son of a bitch" but
gender neutral

- foreno - group insult

More specific insults:

- forjepo - shit
- forjepabo - piece of shit
- forjepgafo - shit head

- forhalosun - someone who is too much into sex that it occupies all of
their time. It's sort of like how whore would be used but is for both
sexes.

- forjeramo - for this one the derrogatory root is added onto the word for
"one who dreams". Implying they aren't grounded in reality, kind of like a
flake or air head or overly idealistic.

Some of the derrogatory words do not need 'for-' added on to become an
insult.

- pilamo - a poisonous person, a bad seed
- faikodin - ignorant
- deihodin - heartless, cold

These are just a few of them. I could think of more but I need to check
the rest of my email :).

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