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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)
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Ill start:

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

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[–] 257 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Teletubbyzurückwinker.

Someone that waves back at the Teletubbies.

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  • [–] 69 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Specific and evocative as fuck. German really is amazing.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Inventing stupid words for "weak" people like that is an ancient German running gag. Like Schattenparker (someone who parks in the shade) or Warmduscher (someone who likes warm showers). It's always tongue-in-cheek and no serious insult.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Schnitzelkind. Breaded-veal kid (wienerschnitzel / milanesa). Basically a kid so ugly, that the parents needed to put a schnitzel around his neck so that at least the dogs would play with him.

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