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There are more vulgar ones in Spain:
Me la suda ("la" refers to "la polla"): It makes my dick sweat
Me la pela: It peels my dick
Me importa una mierda: That matters a shit to me
Obviously, this last one is closer to "I don't give a shit," but it's essentially the same sentiment.
n. I couldn't give a flying fuck (English English)
One of the ways to say in Brazilian Portuguese: "estou cagando e andando"
Literally, "I am shitting and walking (simultaneously)"
Greek Yeah I know of that phrase but it's not really used. It's as funny in Greek as it is in English.
Most common is "on my balls", the short version of I am writing it/him/her on my balls. Implying that you care so little you have the name of it/him/her written on your balls. Yeah it does t make much sense.
The lighter version (you would see in subtitles for example) is "to me there is no nail being burned". I don't know where it comes from. Must be something to do with nails being left behind when you burn wooden structure.
Edit: oh I remembered another; "I shat myself".
Or a simple "Na" while pointing to your nether region will do as well.
It's me sausage actually. And it doesn't mean no fucks given, rather it is all the same to me.
Not really, that would translate to "Es ist ich-wurst"
"My dick hurts" - various west Balkan languages.
Swearing in Greece and across most of the whole region is hilarious. The actual "I don't care"/"zero fucks given" phrase is to write something on your balls or dick.
So many sayings are mother/whore/balls/dick based - not offensive phrases, just common sayings.
Also in French: "it touches one (ball) without moving the other"
As famously said by a former president of the country.
I’m Dutch. Never heard of that phrase. They probably mean “It can rust on my ass” “‘t kan me aan mijn reet roesten” still never heard people using that. Is probably regional.
Flemish: kan mij geen reet schelen
It's even in the lardass van dale: https://www.vandale.nl/gratis-woordenboek/nederlands/betekenis/reet
lardass van dale?
The fat hooligan.
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Not as obviously cool as the above, but I always liked the way Tagalog (Philippines) works: wala akong pakialam. Literally translated, it's just "I don't care," but there's a layer of passive-aggressiveness that can make it really offensive.
Hopefully interesting grammar lesson
In the Philippines, politeness is a really big deal, so big they have multiple layers to it:
- add "ho" - use for someone around your age to make the sentence polite
- add "po" - use for someone of higher status or age to make the sentence polite
- use plural form of you - makes anything more polite, and must be used w/ "po" with the elderly or people deserving/expecting respect
There are also pretty strict, unspoken rules about what is appropriate and what's not appropriate to say in public.
Tagalog also uses prefixes to verbs for conjugation with separate prefixes for different uses of the same verb (e.g. physical action vs "internal" action, group action, habitual action, etc). The prefix here is "paki" (turns things into a request), and the verb is "alam" (to know). Literally translated, it means something like "please inform me," though you could use other ways to communicate the same thing. My point here though is that "paki-" makes the request super polite.
To break it down: "wala" (Nothing, don't have) "ako(ng)" (I, me), "paki-" (polite request), "-alam" (to know).
Basically, that construction throws out the entire culture of politeness while blatantly saying you don't want anything to do with knowing about whatever that is. In many contexts, it's more offensive than swearing at the person.
I love this. The closest I've come in English is replying to a huge angry text rant with "Unsubscribe"
I feel like you can get somewhat close with some english speaking cultures, youd be surprised how pissy folks from the South get when you respond to their passive aggressive BS with curt but utterly impolite responses.
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Flowers on my dick and bees all around is so mysterious
It was all the buzz in those days!
Honey, stick around; I’ve got more where those came from.
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- I slap my balls on it (French)
If that one sounds weird, the translation misses the point that it's a masturbation reference. It should be "i beat my balls to it". Compare with "je m'en branle", litterally "i jack to it"
I think it was a translation of « je m’en bats les couilles »
(Which would translate more to "I slap my balls OF it")
Ball grammar today… who would’ve thunk 😅
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Less vulgar finnish version
"Kiviäkin kiinnostaa."
i.e. rocks are also interested (about that subject)
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More fitting would be German "das geht mir am Arsch vorbei" "it passes me by the ass".
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How about the Brazilian “I am shitting and walking” (cagando e andando), similar to a horse or donkey that shits while walking and pulling a cart, like it is nothing, without a care in the world…
similar to a horse or donkey that shits while walking and pulling a cart, like it is nothing, without a care in the world
I appreciate the imagery.
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Danish: "Det rager mig en papand"
Lit. "That fondles me (like) a cardboard duck."
What is a cardboard duck and how has it got this meaning?
It concerns me (like) a cardboard-duck. (Danish)
In Germany we also have "das geht mir am Arsch vorbei", which translates to "that goes across my ass". It's the more vulgar version of "ist mir wurst" or "it's sausage to me"
I'd say french je m'en bat les couilles is technically "I slap my balls with it"
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