In this post I will
translate and explain few Serbian common swearwords.
If you think that this is
a trivial topic, I will remind you of a great reformer of Serbian language in
19th century, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić. He was also very much
interested in swearwords, and gave to this topic lot of attention in his first
Serbian dictionary from 1818th. He also collected and published erotic-porn oral folk poetry in a book ‘Crven ban’ (‘Red Duke’).
Swearwords throw
interesting light on a language and they often carry metaphorical potential. I
hope you will agree with me after reading this post. I am looking forward to hear your comments.
But please, if you find
swearwords and writing about them offensive or inappropriate, stop reading this text. Switch
to some text about Stanoraya and Farm, or about terrorism, thank you.
’Marš u pičku materinu!’
This one is in use when you
are really angry at somebody and you are right (at least you are strongly
convinced that you are right).
Word ‘marš’ means – ‘go away!’ but said in a very harsh tone of
voice.
The whole expression means
– ‘Go back into your mother’s cunt!’ Metaphorically speaking – it would be
better that you have never been born.
This curse might be
sometimes used in a totally opposite way, as a joke, with meaning – ‘C’mon, you
don’t say!’
‘Jebem ti krvavo sunce!’
This one is my favorite
because I never understood who would say something like that about the Sun.
It literally means – ‘I
fuck your bloody Sun.’
Can you imagine the scene?
A guy is putting his phallus into the shiny star covered with blood. Pretty
impressive, right?
‘Jebaću ti brata/sestru/oca/majku!’
‘I will fuck your
brother/sister/father/mother!’
By these swearwords
somebody is expressing intention to break the ancient taboo – taboo of incest. Verb ‘jebati’ (‘to fuck’) is often used in swearwords with violent
connotation. It sounds more as a treat than as an act
of giving and receiving pleasure.
Future tense is used, so,
this swearword sounds like a promise. Very offensive one.
‘Jebem ti i seme i pleme’
‘I fuck your seed and your
tribe.’
These swearwords are
taking us to the ancient time of tribes. We may interpret them as – I am so angry
at you that I want to fuck (read ‘hurt’) your beginning (your seed) and your ancestors
(your tribe), so, I want to go into the time before you were born and to… We can only imagine what would have happened further. Inventor of this curse went far away;
his idea belongs to the science fiction.
‘Bog te jebo!’
‘May God fuck you!’
(There is also an opposite
version to this one – Jebem ti Boga – I fuck your God.) This expression is not
an insult; it is used to express our astonishment by something.
‘To je pičkin
dim.’
This expression means – ‘That
is an easy accomplishment’ or literally ‘That is a cunt’s smoke’. Why is cunt’s
smoke easy and irrelevant, or is it relevant, what does it symbolize - we may only guess. According to the funny web dictionary ‘Vukajlija’ – pičkin dim does not actually exist in a real life (even if some people have been searching for it). The expression is compound word,
made from ‘pička’ and ‘dim’ (first word has two meanings - 'weak man'/'cunt', and
smoke); both words symbolize something weak and easy to go through, without
obstacles.
We mentioned collection of erotic-porn poetry, published by
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić two centuries ago, the book ‘Crven
ban’ (‘Red Duke’). The title is a metaphor for sexual organ, as you might assume. Some of the poems, full of swearwords, you may hear here. It's an interesting poetry, I hope you will enjoy it.
And let’s finish this post with an old joke:
- Do you know where is the border between Serbia and Montenegro?
- It is where you stop fucking mothers and start fucking fathers!
Swearwords are vivid part of the Serbian language, they are in common use and they are changing, just like the language.
Lidija Novaković Lagrini
For everything else you want to know about this topic, or how to learn Serbian online with a help of a Serbian teacher, send me an email to kratkeprice@gmail.com.
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