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Monday, January 6, 2003

Rude, crude, and socially unacceptable in any language

If you ever wanted to curse in another language, you could do a lot worse than to visit The Alternative Dictionaries. It was very helpful when I was looking for the Polish/Ukrainian word my grandmother used to use to describe one's hindquarters.

Posted at 12:13 AM

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'dupa'?

Posted by Ole at 3:02 PM, January 6, 2003 [Link]

Yes, exactly, although my grandmother used a diminutive form, "dupee". And then, of course, when someone was a jerk, my uncle might call them a "dupayosh", which unfortunately isn't listed in the dictionary linked to above, but you can probably guess the meaning.

Posted by ralph at 5:59 PM, January 6, 2003 [Link]

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