{"id":1389,"date":"2010-12-09T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/09\/glorious-elaborate-profane-insults-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2010-12-09T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T23:32:00","slug":"glorious-elaborate-profane-insults-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/09\/glorious-elaborate-profane-insults-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious, elaborate, profane insults of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glorious, elaborate, profane insults of the world<\/a>: “An open Reddit thread entitled ‘What are your favorite culturally untranslateable phrases?’ rapidly degenerated into a collection of rollicking, profane, grotesque insults, each more alarming and delightful than the last. Read the whole thing, of course, but here are some of the less<\/em> profane examples:<\/p>\n

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* The Dutch phrase for giving too much attention to insignificant details is ‘ant fucking<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

* Afrikaans: ‘Jou mammie naai vir bakstene om jou sissie se hoerhuis te bou Vieslik<\/a>!’ your mother engages in prostitution in order to raise funds for the building materials necessary to construct a brothel from which your sister will operate.<\/p>\n

* German: ‘backpfeifengesicht<\/a>‘ – a face in need of slapping<\/p>\n

* Finnish: ‘Kyrp\u00e4 otsassa<\/a>‘ – a vulgar way to say you’re incredibly annoyed. It means that you have a dick in your forehead (should be visualized as hanging forward, rather than actually in your forehead, for some reason).<\/p>\n

* Finnish: ‘pilkunnussija<\/a>‘ – a comma fucker; someone who corrects little or meaningless things.<\/p>\n

* Spanish: ‘Est\u00e1 tratando de cagar mas alto de lo que le da el culo<\/a>‘ – He’s trying to shit higher than his ass can reach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What are your favorite culturally untranslateable phrases?<\/a><\/p>\n

(Image: Okay, so it’s funny.<\/a>, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0)<\/a> image from andrewbain’s photostream<\/i>)<\/p>\n

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