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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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[–] 30 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

In Bulgaria we have the very creative insult „You’re as sharp as an edge on a round table”, which I find pretty amusing

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

    Cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn, a caricature of an American southern gentleman, comes pretty close when he describes another character as "about as sharp as a bowling ball"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Wow so much lost in translation. I grew up with dubbed looney tunes, never knew he was supposed to be a gentleman let alone that it had a regional flavour. For me it was just a quirky rooster.

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