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What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Ill start:

"Me cago en tus muertos" - ill shit all over your dead relatives. Spanish.

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[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently learned that la concha de la lora originates in old slang in which lora was commonly used to refer to prostitutes. It makes sense. I didn't think it really applied to birds 🙃

[–] jungle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, I didn't know that! That usage of lora was completely lost. Being an old guy, I sometimes wonder when I'm writing some slang if the younglings will understand it. Although lunfardo should stay pretty stable as a kind of side-language, no?

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably. Some things get resignified over time (e.g. quilombo, mina)