full speed ahead

Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

We had advanced a hundred yards, perhaps, when our first danger confronted us. Just ahead was a sharp right-angle turn in the tunnel. I could see the river's flotsam hurtling against the rocky wall upon the left as it was driven on by the mighty current, and I feared for the safety of the U-33 in making so sharp a turn under such adverse conditions; but there was nothing for it but to try. I didn't warn my fellows of the danger--it could have but caused them useless apprehension, for if we were to be smashed against the rocky wall, no power on earth could avert the quick end that would come to us. I gave the command full speed ahead and went charging toward the menace. I was forced to approach the dangerous left-hand wall in order to make the turn, and I depended upon the power of the motors to carry us through the surging waters in safety.

1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:

(usually nautical) A command to move forward at maximum speed.


kuuntelen

(radio) over (end of sentence in radio communication)


höh

An exclamation or expression of concern, or resentment about a problem or error.

Used to express anger, contempt, disappointment or similar emotions.


kappas

[ˈkɑ̝pːɑ̝s̠]


quin

(Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens


xis

Phono-semantic matching of English cheese.

psm

(Brazil, photography) cheese (said while being photographed)


Rudolf

The letter "R" in the Swedish spelling alphabet


zdar

hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)


お願いいたします

お願いいたします (canonical)
onegai itashimasu (romanization)

お願いします お願いします#Japanese

(humble, formal, polite) Please (do). Humble form of お願いします (onegai shimasu).


fek

Back-formation from feki (“to defecate”).

back-form

Fek! Estis pli agrable en la sablo.

1970, Louis Beaucaire, “Ni fosu nian sulkon”, in Kruko kaj Baniko el Bervalo, →ISBN, →OL, archived from the original on 2004-12-08:

Fek! Mi tuj venas al problemo

2008, “Fek al Esperanto!”, in Fek al Esperanto!, performed by La Pafklik:

Shit! I'm immediately coming to a problem

fek al vi

fek al ĉio

2008, La Pafklik, "Fek al Esperanto", cited in Figuroj Retorikaj en Beletro Esperanta by Till-Dietrich Dahlenburg, p. 152:
Mallernu, forgesu, fikiĝu
Fek al Esperanto
Unlearn, forget, get fucked
Fuck Esperanto

sed mi stultul' forĵetis cigaredon
kaj fek al viv', decidis mi pluvivi.

2013, Nicola Ruggiero, “Okazis iam”, in Beletra rikolto 2013:

but I, a fool, threw out the cigarette
and fuck life, I decided to live on

(vulgar, + al) screw (someone or something)!; fuck (someone or something)!; to hell with (someone or something)!


すみません

Negative of 済(す)む (sumu, “to finish; to be settled”), lit. "(the trouble) is not settled".

ja-r

ごめんなさい ごめんなさい#Japanese

sorry! (in apology, more formal than ごめんなさい (gomennasai))

excuse me! (attempting to get someone's attention)

thank you! (in the case of someone having done something for you)


どうぞ

ja-pos

どうぞ • (dōzo)

From どう (dō, “how, anyhow”) + ぞ (zo, emphatic particle).


честное слово

head

че́стное сло́во

че́стное сло́во • (čéstnoje slóvo)

че́стное сло́во (canonical)
čéstnoje slóvo (romanization)


Ludvig

The letter "L" in the Swedish spelling alphabet


тише

ти́ше • (tíše)


100 percent

Your parcel has arrived. / Ah, 100 percent!

(South Africa, slang) excellent, wonderful, magnificent


увы

увы́ • (uvý)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uvy, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with English woe, Latin vae, Lithuanian vaĩ, Sanskrit उवे (uvé), Hittite [script needed] (uwai), Persian وای (vây).

Увы! последующие события не только оправдали общественное мнение обывателей, но даже превзошли самые смелые их опасения.

1870, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин, “Органчик”, in История одного города; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The History of a Town, Oxford: Willem A. Meeuws, 1980:

Alas, succeeding events not only confirmed the inhabitants in their views, but even surpassed their worst apprehensions.

Uvy! posledujuščije sobytija ne tolʹko opravdali obščestvennoje mnenije obyvatelej, no daže prevzošli samyje smelyje ix opasenija.


ша

(slang) what!? (surprise, indignation, disgust, excitement or just arrogance) (spoken in Odessa, also in multiple other contexts)


selamat makan

ms-interj

selamat makan (Jawi spelling سلامت ماکن)

سلامت ماکن (Jawi)


že

Jste tady, že?

right; isn't it, aren't we, can we, don't we etc. (used as a tag question would be in English)


že

Ste tu, že?


مع السلامة

ar-interj

مَعَ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ

مَعَ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ • (maʕa s-salāmati)

مَعَ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ (canonical)
maʕa s-salāmati (romanization)

مع السلامة.ogg


مع السلامة

acw-interj

مع السلامة • (maʕ as-salāma)

From Arabic مَعَ السَّلامَةِ (maʕa s-salāmati).

inh

مَعَ السَّلامَةِ


مع السلامة

ajp-interjection

مع السلامة • (maʕ is-salāme)

From Arabic مَعَ السَّلامَةِ (maʕa s-salāmati, literally “with safety”).

inh

مَعَ السَّلامَةِ


kurat

→ Russian: кура́т (kurát)

Most likely the same root as in kuri and kura.

Mida kuradit ta siin teeb?!

Jää, kurat, vait!

One of the most common swear words, can be used on its own or as a general intensifier.


benvenuto

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venūtus, presumably a calque of a Frankish term, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, such as English welcome. By surface analysis, ben (“well”, apocopic form of bene) + venuto (“come”, past participle of venire)

surf

apocopic form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">bene</i>

past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">venire</i>


fanculo

Fanculo Tony Montana, fra il mondo è mio, zio!

2007, “Puro Bogotà”, in Vile Denaro, performed by Club Dogo:

Fuck Tony Montana, bro, the world is mine, dude!

Il pallone è andato a fanculo.

(vulgar, slang) far away, in the middle of nowhere


правда

head

пра́вда • (právda)

пра́вда (canonical)
právda (romanization)

Inherited from Old East Slavic правьда (pravĭda), from Proto-Slavic *pravьda, derived from Proto-Slavic *pravъ (compare пра́вый (právyj)) plus an unclear suffix.
Cognate with Ukrainian пра́вда (právda, “truth”), Belarusian пра́ўда (práŭda, “truth”), Old Church Slavonic правьда (pravĭda, “justice, truth”), Bulgarian пра́вда (právda, “justice, truth, livestock capital”), Serbo-Croatian пра̑вда (“justice, truth, controversial matter”), Slovene prȃvda (“regulation, law, court case”), Czech pravda (“truth”), Slovak pravda (“truth”), Polish prawda (“truth”), Upper Sorbian prawda (“truth”), Lower Sorbian pšawda (“truth”). Compare derived adjective пра́ведный (právednyj).

cog

sure enough, indeed, actually, as a matter of fact, in point of fact


go chase yourself

One of the boys nudged him and said,
"Hey! Your sister's followin' us."
"Yeah," agreed Neeley. The boy turned around and yelled at Francie:
"Go chase yourself!"

1943, Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, HarperCollins, published 2005, →ISBN, page 18:

1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 147,
"This is what I was trying to get at last night. Before you told me to chase myself...."


bentornato

From ben- (“well”) + tornato, the second element being the past participle of tornare (“to come back”). Compare also benvenuto (“welcome”).

Bentornato fra noi!


ahimè

From ahi + me. Compare Ancient Greek οἴμοι (oímoi) and Spanish ay de mí, Portuguese ai de mim.

Ahimè, che furia! Ahimè, che folla! Uno alla volta, per carità!

1816, Gioachino Rossini, Cesare Sterbini (lyrics and music), “Largo al factotum”, in Il barbiere di Siviglia:


arrivederla

From a (“to”) + rivedere (“see again”) + la (“you [term of respect]”).


potayto, potahto

/ˌpəˈteɪtoʊ ˌpəˈtɑːtoʊ/

Supposedly uses the American English and British English pronunciations of the word potato, by analogy of tomato (see tomayto, tomahto). Unlike tomato, only the former pronunciation is used in either American or British English. Allusion to George Gershwin's song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off": "You like potato (/ˌpəˈteɪtoʊ/) and I like potato (/ˌpəˈtɑːtoʊ/)".

"He says he has never had a **remission**. You thought he was being smug about 'lack of relapse(s)'."
I think it's more like "potato - potahto." No remission to me says unchanging and, hence, no relapse.

2001 August 31, Robert Hickey , “Re: Vegetarian (fruitarian?) all raw food diet - Ca-AEP”, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis (Usenet):

"Who's whining, pissant? I'm berating!"
Potato, potahto.

2002 July 2, Dave Witzel , “Re: beers in NYC”, in alt.beer (Usenet):

What he liked to call helpful, however, was more like Gwen's idea of controlling and manipulative. Potayto, potahto, and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

2004, Elaine Cunningham, Shadows In The Darkness, Tor/Forge, →ISBN, page 49:

"In Common Lisp (and presumably Emacs Lisp), functions are as first-class as in Scheme and elsewhere. You just have to do a bit extra to use them as first-class values, that's all."
Potayto, potahto. That 'bit extra' is what makes them 'not first-class denotable' in my book.

2007 October 7, David Rush , “Re: Nested Lambda function gives error in common lisp, guile, emacs lisp but works in scheme. Why?”, in comp.lang.scheme (Usenet):

distinction without a difference
distinction without a difference

(informal) That is a distinction without a difference.

George Gershwin
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off


nini

(usually even more childish) Alternative form of night night


nini

Nini, egy madár!


heyrðu

Heyrðu! Þú þarna, þú misstir veskið þitt!

Hey! You there, you dropped your wallet!

Heyrðu, ætluðum við ekki í sund?

Oh hey, hadn't we planned to go swimming?

used when switching to another topic; right, so


paalam

Paálam na.


paalam

Hanggang sa muli, paalam!


ehilà

hey there! (Used to attract someone's attention)


whiskey tango foxtrot

From the NATO phonetic alphabet names for the letters W, T, and F.

(euphemistic) What the fuck; an expression of shock.


oksi

Apocopic form of oké (“okay”) + -si (diminutive suffix).


perge

The imperative form of pergō (“I proceed, I go on”).

(idiomatic) go on!, proceed!, press on!, persist!


здравствуйте

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здра́вствуйте

здра́вствуйте • (zdrávstvujte)

здра́вствуйте (canonical)
zdrávstvujte (romanization)

Ru-здравствуйте.ogg


здравствуй

здра́вствуй • (zdrávstvuj)

здра́вствуй (canonical)
zdrávstvuj (romanization)

desc

Russenorsk: trasvi, drasvi, strasvi, strasvui

→ Ingrian: draastui

Ru-здравствуй.ogg

From imperative form of здравствовать (zdravstvovatʹ, “to be well, to prosper”), from adjective здравый (zdravyj) borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съдравъ (sŭdravŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ of unclear origin.


perbacco

From per + Bacco. Compare Latin perbacchor (“to revel or carouse throughout”)


fiddlefart

Oh, fiddlefart! I have the same homeroom teacher next year.


yama

Alabama: yamá (“Mobilian Jargon”)

Koasati: Yama (“Mobilian Jargon”)

Inherited from Chickasaw yamma (“yes, indeed”) and Choctaw yamma (“indeed”). Compare Alabama yamma (“that, those”), Creek yvmv (“this, those”)


不敢

/pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵/

/pu⁵¹ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚⁵ kɐm³⁵/

You flatter me; I wouldn't presume; I don't deserve this (praise, reward, etc.)


tahdon

I do (a traditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage)


senkin

Senkin idiootti!


Helge

The letter "H" in the Swedish spelling alphabet (since 1960; previously Harald)


kekeke

(onomatopoeia, fandom slang, chiefly in translations of Japanese works) The sound of a soft cackle.


kekeke

(Internet slang) Alternative form of ㅋㅋㅋ (kkk)


for cryin' out loud

"For cryin' out loud!" from Hamilton. "Look Doc, that damned calf is still alive."

1940, Richard John Dinsmore, "Hoss" Doctor, page 302:

‘I knew yeh weren’t gettin’ yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn’t even know abou’ Hogwarts, fer cryin’ out loud!’

1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, section IV:

Then, why not pray to the trees, for cryin' out loud, and next, the dumb birds?

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

for crying out loud
for crying out loud#English

Pronunciation spelling of for crying out loud.


hrm

en-UK

Expresses a moment of particular curiosity or thoughtfulness.


bring it

(US, emphatic) Used to respond affirmatively and aggressively to a challenge by issuing one in return.


bilis

Compare Kapampangan bilis. See also Spanish veloz.


多謝

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/tuə²⁴ ɕiə⁴⁴/

/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː²²/

/ᵘɔ³³ tiɛ³²/

/to⁴² ˈɕia¹¹/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵/

/to⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰia⁵³/

/tu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾liɑ²⁴²/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

/to³³ ɕi̯e̞⁴⁵/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/tuə²⁴ ɕiə⁴⁴/

/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː²²/

/ᵘɔ³³ tiɛ³²/

/to⁴² ˈɕia¹¹/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵/

/to⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰia⁵³/

/tu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾liɑ²⁴²/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/

/to³³ ɕi̯e̞⁴⁵/

多謝救命之恩。

多谢救命之恩。

† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift


多謝

chữ Hán form of đa tạ (“thank you very much”).


God speed

3 [Citizen]. Neighbours, God ſpeed. / 1 [Citizen]. Giue you good morrovv ſir.

c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 184, column 2:

Duke. God ſpeed father. / 1. Mad[man]. God ſpeed the Plough, thou ſhalt not ſpeed me.

1604, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, “The Honest Whore, […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume II, London: John Pearson […], published 1873, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 80:


welp

Representing well pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yep, yup, nope, and ope.

“Nuclear power is a dual-use technology. It can be weaponized.” Welp. “It is sort of what we anticipated, that there would be a Three Mile Island moment around data sharing that would rock the research community,” Lazer says.

2018 March 25, Adam Rogers, “The Cambridge Analytica Data Apocalypse Was Predicted in 2007”, in Wired:

(slang, Internet slang) Well. Typically used to express exasperation, a matter-of-fact or unenthusiastic attitude, or helpless acceptance of something surprising.


teu

From meu (“hey, dude”), in analogy with the eu/meu and tu/teu pronominal pairs.

(Rio Grande do Sul, slang) hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)


alreet

Alreet wor kid?

Aye, am canny man!

(Geordie) All purpose greeting, often said in passing.


bolas

Bolas, já não cheguei a tempo

drat, darn; Used as an expression of frustration, if something doesn't work out as expected. It is a rather innocent, child-friendly curse.


yeppers

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-yeppers.wav


cribbio

an expression of surprise or disappointment: crikey, damn, blast, gee, blimey


gah

“And stop calling it soccerball! gah! do any of the tickets say soccerball? no!“”

2009 January 20, Alison Godfrey, quoting Bronwyn Lovejoy, “Coles, Woolworths and IGA workers vent about customers on Facebook”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 2009-01-20:


laissez les bons temps rouler

laissez les bons temps rouler ! (canonical)

Calque of English let the good times roll.

calque

let the good times roll
let the good times roll

(Louisiana, Missouri) make merry!, let the good times roll!


full marks

Expressing complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.


aumat

(slang) (offensive) Exclamation indicating that the recipient has very bad breath


mercé

mercé, datemi ascolto

Al gallo parve che fussi un bel giuoco:
Gran mercè, disse, che insegnato m’hai;
e chiuse gli occhi e cominciò a cantare,
perchè la volpe lo stessi ascoltare.

1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto nono [Ninth Canto]”, in Morgante, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 164:

The rooster thought it was a fine game. "Many thanks, he said, "for you have taught me". He closed his eyes and started singing, so that the fox could listen to him.


mercé

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin merces.


la mulți ani

Literally, “to/for many years”. Calque of Byzantine Greek εἰς ἔτη πολλά (eis étē pollá). Compare Bulgarian за много години (za mnogo godini), Albanian për shumë vjet, Serbo-Croatian за много годинa, Aromanian ti multsã anj.

εἰς ἔτη πολλά

noncog

за много години

за много годинa

A common expression used on a variety of holidays and other occasions, corresponding, depending on the case, to happy New Year, happy birthday, congratulations, etc.


buenas noches

good evening (used as a greeting in the evening)

good night (a farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep)


buenas tardes

Portuguese: buenas tardes

good afternoon (used as a greeting in the afternoon (the part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm))

good evening (used as a greeting in the evening (the time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight; the period after the end of regular office working hours))


Yngve

The letter "Y" in the Swedish spelling alphabet


Ivar

The letter "I" in the Swedish spelling alphabet


à votre santé

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à votre santé.wav


but seriously folks

A nightclub comic who gets off a bad joke, nobody laughs, but he goes right on with: "But, seriously, folks" […].

1969, Julius J. Epstein, But, Seriously ...: A Play in Two Acts, page 18:

But seriously, folks, on behalf of the Copacabana — and believe me, I'd love to be half of the Copacabana

2004, Gerald Nachman, Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s, page 23:

"Take my life, … please," Colombo continued, a wry smile creasing his face. (Apparently he was a fan of Henny Youngman.) "Badaboom! But, seriously, folks, I learn long ago, during my life, that justice, she does not exist. […]."

2006, Bob Mitchell, Match Made in Heaven, page 199:

(speech act, idiomatic) Used to direct attention to immediately preceding failed attempt at humor.


whatevs

Clipping of whatever + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

[Subject:] Lame post...whatevs

1996: "Dyer", in alt.skate-board, May 12 (Usenet)

Mitzi’s squeezed eyes registered distate. “Whatevs!”

2004, M. Sue Alexander, The Christian Fugitive, page 34:

“Whatevs,” he said, then he held up three fingers, which I realized was Bud's “cool” way of making a W.

2006, Michael Apostolina, Meri Strikes Back, page 75:

And in the meantime, it’s probably just fine to eat some candy, slack off on your pushups, and hey, maybe even throw yourself a party for your half birthday. Or your cat’s half birthday. Whatevs.

2007, Addie Johnson, The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, pages 136–137:


hushaby

Blend of hush + lullaby or hush + -a- (connective interfix) + by (“goodbye, as in bye-bye”).

affix

Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all.

The night is fair, and the waves are still,
And the wind is singing to you and to me
In this lowly home beside the sea —
Hushaby, sweet my own!

1892. Eugene Field. Hushaby Sweet my Own. In With Trumpet and Drum. page 106 http://books.google.com/books?id=FNQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106&dq=hushaby&ei=W3AuR-2nAoKotgPstI28CQ

(archaic) hush and be still; a lull to sleep


hota

Uncertain. Probably onomatopoeic. First attested in the 18th century. Compare Polish hetta.

Coordinate term: čihi


tu madre

―¿Qué hora es? ―Tu madre.

(derogatory, slang) a catch-all retort; shut the fuck up


snicker-snack

Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, probably relating to snickersnee.

(nonce word) An onomatopoeia of unclear meaning, possibly referring to sharpness, or the sound of a blade cutting through something.


tschüss

→ Czech: čus

Borrowed from German Low German tschüß from earlier adjüs, from Dutch adjuus, from Spanish adiós or French adieu. (See also moin.)

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache


no prob

[…] picks up the phone, — Yes, yes, — and hands it to the advisor. — Yeah. OK. No prob. No prob. No prob. Can do. — He slams down the phone. He is dynamic.

1976, Dinah Brooke, Death Games, page 129:

"No prob, man, no prob, I get it taken care of."

1996, James Earl Hardy, 2nd Time Around, page 137:

"Sure, no prob," she snickered. "That is if you wouldn't mind calling me Mrs. W.

2007, Sandra Simpson, Mina Fox Meets the Lady of the Library, page 28:


igitt

19th century, of northern German origin. Probably a minced oath/veiled use of a phrase like o Gott (“oh God!”), compare oh God. Or, an extended form of (the presumably imitative) ih (“ew, yuck”) possibly influenced by the former.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Ich habe das verbrannte Brot gerochen und sofort "igitt!" gedacht.

I smelled the burnt bread and immediately thought "ugh!"

Er hat mir gesagt, dass er dich bumsen will. – Igitt!
He told me that he wants to bonk you. – Ew!

In meinem Salat ist ein Wurm! Igitt!

an exclamation of disgust: yuck!, ew!, phew!, ugh!


katsu

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-katsu.wav

(Zen Buddhism): A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.


добрый день

head

до́брый день

до́брый день • (dóbryj denʹ)

до́брый день (canonical)
dóbryj denʹ (romanization)

LL-Q7737 (rus)-Tatiana Kerbush-добрый день.wav

Inherited from Old East Slavic добрꙑи дьнь (dobryi dĭnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dòbrъ dь̏nь.


Bertil

Medieval equivalent of modern German Berthold, from Germanic berht "bright" + wald "rule". First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1396.

The letter "B" in the Swedish spelling alphabet


tassun

[ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠ːun]


helluv

From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:Hella (word).

"Hey, you wanna come to the concert tonight?" "Oh, helluv!"

(slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.


marsz

→ Russian: марш (marš)

Borrowed from German Marsch, from French marche.

Marsz do pokoju, masz szablan!

Go straight to your room, you're grounded!

(colloquial) go straight to! (used to tell someone to go immediately somewhere or immediately do something)


topp

Borrowed from Low German topp, perhaps related to Middle Low German toppen (“to beat”).

Topp, die Wette gilt!

Und als dieses—mag er doch geschehen sein, wie er will!—Ein Graf mehr in der Welt oder weniger! Denke ich Ihnen so recht?—Topp! auch ich erschrecke vor einem kleinen Verbrechen nicht.

1772, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti, 4. Aufzug, 1. Auftritt:

Thoren sind's, die von ewiger Liebe schwatzen. Ewiges Einerlei widersteht, Veränderung nur ist das Salz des Vergnügens—Topp, Luise! Ich bin dabei—Wir hüpfen von Roman zu Roman, wälzen uns von Schlamme zu Schlamm[…]

1784, Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe [Intrigue and Love], 5. Akt, 7. Szene:

Faust. […] Die Wette biet’ ich! / Mephistopheles. Top!

1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Studirzimmer”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:

(dated) Indicates agreement, especially of an arrangement or a wager.


topp

Borrowed from French tope, from the verb toper.


hetkinen

Hetkinen!


diabo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”). Doublet of diabolô and diábolo.

der

(offensive, blasphemous) damn! (expresses anger, irritation or disappointment)


aí

yeah! (expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.)


isto

From Old Galician-Portuguese isto, from Latin istud, neuter of iste (“that”).

— Você é o filho da Mariana? — Isto.

“Are you Mariana’s son?” “That’s right.”

Eles perderam! Isto!

(Brazil) yeah! (expresses happiness with an outcome)


нє

Inherited from Old Slovak nie, from Proto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne. Cognate with Slovak nie.


нє

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uffa

oof!, yikes; an expression of surprise, exhaustion, and often frustration

Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.


işte

From Ottoman Turkish اشته (işte), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (işde, uşda, uşde, oşda), from [script needed] (uş, “lo!”) + -de, -da (locative suffix).


yok

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یوق (yok), from Proto-Turkic *yōk. Compare Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸 (yok).


żobb

Iż-żobb, ħbatt subgħi ma’ sieq il-mejda.

Oh fuck, I stubbed my toe against the foot of the table.

(vulgar) Expressing dismay or discontent.

Xi ż-żobb qed tgħid?

(vulgar) Used as an intensifier, similar to "what the fuck"


fiut

(dated) used to describe a situation where something has quickly ended or passed away


koniec

down with...! [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]


ううん

(informal) nope, nah, nuh-uh (an interjection expressing disagreement)


à bas

Borrowed from French à bas (literally “to the bottom”).


abaixo

Abaixo o governador!


ovaj

From Proto-Slavic *ovъ + *jь. Akin to kȁj, ònāj, tȃj.


força

From Old Galician-Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare Galician forza, Spanish fuerza.

Used to wish someone the strength to persevere through whatever hardship they are experiencing, or to encourage someone to do something.


tamo

tamó (canonical)
tamo (canonical)
ᜆᜋᜓ (Baybayin)

From univerbation of kita (“see; look”) + mo (“you”).

univ

Tamo 'to dali!

Tamo ang sira-ulong 'to.

(You) come get a load of this dumbass over here.

Nasira ang buhay niya dahil sa bisyo, tamo?

His life got ruined due to vices, do you see?


putsa

[ˈpuː.t͡ʃɐʔ]

(vulgar, derogatory) Said in anger or annoyance: fuck; damn


putte

Onomatopoeic. Compare also German Pute (“turkey”).


いや

Possibly onomatopoeia as a general expression of disgust. Compare similar terms in many different languages, such as English yuck, Finnish yök, Arabic يَع (yaʕ), Turkish ıyak, Thai ยี้ (yíi).


いや

いや、違うだろ。


いや

いやぁ、驚いたな。

Exclamation of surprise in contrast to expectations.

いやぁ、そう言われてもなぁ。

I mean, even if you say so [tell me to, etc.], it's just… [somewhat difficult].

Exclamation used when one finds it difficult to onboard.


おやおや

well! (exclamation of mild surprise); well well!


duka

Borrowed from Javanese duka (“I don't know”), short form of duka dalem (literally “my sorrow”). Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha, “sorrow, distress, grief”).

der

"Terang bumina Pa Ujang, teu?" "Duka, pak. Abdi mah kirang terang."

"Do you know Mr. Ujang's house?" "I don't know, sir. I don't [really] know much [about it]."


arp

All through the prayer he made little arp! arp! noises like a baby seal.

2001, Ruth Bell Graham, Blessings for a mother's day:

"ARP, ARP, ARP." George turned and saw the seal waddling down their side of the river.

2002, Larry Mehelic, Searching for Blue-Eyed Trout:

Usually when I speak about arp [address resolution protocol], at least one person in the audience acts like a seal and shouts, "Arp, arp, arp!"

2003, Chris Wolf, Troubleshooting Microsoft technologies:


bons sonhos

/ˈbõ ˈsõ.ɲuʃ/

/ˈbõ ˈʃo.ɲuʃ/


garip

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غریب (garib, “a stranger, a man away from home, strange, curious, surprising”), from Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb, “strange, peculiar, foreign, unfamiliar”), from غَرُبَ (ḡaruba, “to be a stranger, to be strange, odd, obscure”)..


teka

From a univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + ka (“you”) with monophthongization. See also hingka.

univ

Teka muna.

Teka lang.

Teka, ano 'yan?


şerefe

From Arabic شَرَّفَ (šarrafa, “to be noble, illustrious”).


egészségedre

[ˈɛɡeːʃːeːɡɛdrɛ]

egészséged + -re (“[on]to”, case suffix), from egészség (“health”) + -ed (“[informal] your”, possessive suffix).

affix

Egészségedre!

cheers, to your health (toast when drinking)

A: Köszönöm az ebédet. Nagyon finom volt.

Thank you for the lunch. It was delicious.

B: Egészségedre!

you're welcome (as a reply when a meal or drink is thanked, meaning: may it serve your health)

A: (sneezes)

B: Egészségedre!

A: Köszönöm.

bless you! (as a reply when someone sneezes)


punkt

From Latin pūnctum through Old Norse punktr.


fak

Fak, zakasnit ću!


cya

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of see ya


OMGWTFBBQ

OMG (oh my God) + WTF (what the fuck?) + BBQ (barbecue, irrelevantly, as another three-letter abbreviation).

OMGWTFBBQ DOOD UR HELMET IS SO IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY GO WITH RED FOOL THEN YOU GET LESS SPEEDING TICKETS LOOLOLOLOLOLLL!!!!!

2001 November 9, “Roach” (author), “Re: I Seek Sage Advice..or personal opinions...”, in alt.mountain-bike (Usenet):

2005, Katherine Blashki and Sophie Nichol, “Game Geek’s Goss: Linguistic Creativity In Young Males Within An Online University Forum (94/\/\3 933k’5 9055oneone)”, in Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, volume 3, number 2, page 83, Leet is a highly metatextual language characterised by increasingly complex layers of signification with each subsequent use of the term coined in the discussion and constant reference within the word itself to its previous iterations

Summary: OMGWTFBBQ? I wrote het? Between Spock and Chapel... What is wrong with me today? This is a response to challenge number two in the Evil Plot Bunny Strikes Again thread.

2007 November 2, “Acidqueen” or “Sorlak” (author), “Stories posted October 2007 (1/5 TOS)”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):

(Internet slang) An exclamation of extreme surprise or excitement (usually facetious, sarcastic, or exaggerated).


God bless you

From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily take it or leave it.

I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides!

You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy your coffee today!

“But she will be gained by some one else. And if that some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least bear—But I will not stay to rob myself of all your compassionate good-will, by shewing that where I have most injured I can least forgive. Good bye,—God bless you!” And with these words, he almost ran out of the room.

1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 185–186:

May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.

حَيَّاك اَللّٰه

said as a short prayer for the recipient

Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you

يَرْحَمْكُم اللّٰه (yarḥamkum allāh, literally “Allah have mercy on you”)

يَرْحَمْكُم (yarḥamkum, literally “mercy on you”)

徳万歳 (とこまんざい, to ko man zai, literally “A common Japanese expression generally used to wish a person blessings as a response to a sneeze.”)


congratudolences

: And soon to be an eligible bachelor guy!
Congratudolences, or whatever.

1996 October 31, Dennis Monbourquette, “Re: DemoniK for hire”, in alt.1d (Usenet):

(humorous) Used to express congratulations and condolences simultaneously.


早晨

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ɕin⁴/

/t͡sɔ⁵¹ ʂəŋ²⁴/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡sɔ³³ zən⁴⁴/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰin⁴/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ɕin⁴/

/t͡sɔ⁵¹ ʂəŋ²⁴/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/

/t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

/t͡sɔ³³ zən⁴⁴/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³/

/t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³/

王小姐，早晨。

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min) good morning


arsa

(Andalusia) an expression of encouragement and approval


silakan

From Malay silakan, from Classical Malay silakan. Equivalent to sila + -kan.


selamat pagi

selamat (“good”) + pagi (“morning”), from Malay selamat pagi.

good morning (when seeing someone for the first time in the morning)


maaf

From Malay maaf, from Classical Malay maaf, ma'af, from Arabic مُعَاف (muʕāf, “exempt (from taxation)”).


maaf

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُعَاف (mu'āf), from Arabic مُعَافًى (muʕāfan).

bor+

Maaf, bukan itu yang saya maksudkan.

Maaf, adik tahu tak kat mana tandas?

Excuse me, do you know where the toilet is?

Used as a polite apology in various situations such as when attempting to get someone's attention; excuse me.


sampai

From Malay sampai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sampay (“up to, as far as, until”).


bla

[…] Chair of the Women's Committee, bla bla bla, said she won't vote to let Turkey into the EU until Turkish men improve as lovers, […]

Alternative form of blah (“imitative of idle, meaningless talk”)


lekat

[ˈlɛː.xɐt̪̚]

Unknown. See also likat (“interruption”) and Kapampangan lekat (“sticky”).

an exclamation of displeasure or disappointment: damn!


哎喲

哎哟
哎唷
哎呦
唉喲
唉呦
矮油

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɔ⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɔ²/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/aːi̯⁵⁵ jɔː⁵⁵/

/ai(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ³²/

/ai(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɤʔ³²/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɔ⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɔ²/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/aːi̯⁵⁵ jɔː⁵⁵/

/ai(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ³²/

/ai(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɤʔ³²/

aiyo; hey; oh; ouch; ow (expressing surprise, pain, annoyance, regret, frustration, admiration, etc.)


kerblam

a sudden, loud sound, as the sound of an explosion


mă rog

whatever (leaves a decision up to someone else)


neener

Grizzy shouted. She ran up to some old Grouch ladies. She stuck her tongue out at them. She blew a great big razzberry at them. "Neener, neener, neener!"

(childish, informal, often humorous) A hostile taunt, often repeated in a singsong voice.


abso-fucking-lutely

(slang, vulgar) Alternative spelling of absofuckinglutely


gunst

From Middle Dutch gunst, gonst, prefixed from ge- + onst, onste, the latter from Old Dutch anst, from Proto-West Germanic *unsti, from Proto-Germanic *unstiz.
Equivalent to gunnen + -st.

(formal, somewhat dated) good grief, gosh


ú

(dialectal) oh! ouch! ugh! gee! (expression of pain or being horrified, occasionally expression of surprise)


you know it

"What he did to her was wrong." "You know it, sister!"

"I've still got a few years on the chain gang." "Counting the days, huh?" "You know it."

2004, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 301:

He's a little bit older, mind you, but good people, if you know what I'm saying to you …" "Italian, right?" "You know it, baby, and —" "Over fifty? Widowed? Grown children?" "You're a mind reader!"

2006, Dorothea Benton Frank, Full of Grace, page 19:

"Man, I wonder if David found out. Is that why they divorced?" "You know it."

2007, Sheila M. Goss, Roses Are Thorns, Violets Are True, page 96:

(idiomatic) Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.


psshaw

Oh, psshaw, I don't believe a word you are saying.


malas

(Canada) Directs attention to someone or something.


holla

Holla, there! Holla, there, I say! What the devil are you about with my master's box-coat?


holla

(African-American Vernacular) used to express interest in a woman


dobrak

imitative sound of collapsed fences, door, etc.


aduh

From Proto-Malayic *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq, from Proto-Austronesian *aduq.

ouch (expression of one's own physical pain)


aduh

ouch (exclamation or utterance of discomfort or pain, of dismay or shock)


aduh

From Malay aduh, from Classical Malay ادوه (aduh), from Proto-Malayic *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq, from Proto-Austronesian *aduq.

ouch (expression in sympathy at another’s pain)


aduh

Indonesian: aduh

→ Petjo: adoeh, adoe


aduh

Banjarese: aduh

Malayan

Malay: aduh / adoi / waduh / ادوه / ادوي / وادوه

Indonesian: aduh

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq, from Proto-Austronesian *aduq.


aduh

desctree

Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *aduh
Proto-Malayic: *aduh
Banjarese: aduh
Malayan
Malay: aduh / adoi / waduh / ادوه / ادوي / وادوه
Indonesian: aduh

Sundanese: ᮃᮓᮥᮂ (aduh)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq, from Proto-Austronesian *aduq.


aduh

Proto-Malayic: *aduh

Banjarese: aduh

Malayan

Indonesian: aduh

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aduh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aduq, from Proto-Austronesian *aduq.


aduh

Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *aduh
Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *aduh
Proto-Malayic: *aduh
Banjarese: aduh
Malayan
Malay: aduh / adoi / waduh / ادوه / ادوي / وادوه
Indonesian: aduh
Sundanese: ᮃᮓᮥᮂ (aduh)


apakah

Apakah, dia yang main tipu rupanya?!

What, so he was the one who's been cheating?!

Used to express surprise or disbelief; "what!".


jolín

Euphemism for joder. Similar usage and meaning as shoot, fudge, darn.

(informal, euphemistic) expresses anger, upset, or annoyance


מה פתאום

he-interj

מָה פִּתְאוֹם?

מָה פִּתְאוֹם? • (ma pit'óm?)

מָה פִּתְאוֹם (canonical)
ma pit'óm? (romanization)

(in response to a yes/no question) Of course not; what are you thinking?


on your horse, amigo

Adaptation of Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka).


lechugas

(informal, euphemistic) expresses anger, upset, or annoyance; euphemism for leche


Sieg Heil

Unadapted borrowing from German Sieg Heil, from Sieg (“victory”) + Heil, a common chant at political rallies in Nazi Germany, translating as "victory brings salvation" or alternatively as "salvation [to] victory" on the model of Heil Hitler.

ubor

"Ti-to! Ti-to! Ti-to!" has exactly the same rhythm and resonance as "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" at the Nazi demonstrations, or "Du-ce! Du-ce! Du-ce!" in Fascist Italy.

[1971, Sydney Morrell, Spheres of Influence, page 216:

All of a sudden a number of the militant homosexuals stood up, raised their hands in a Nazi-style salute and began to chant "Sieg heil! Sieg heil! Sieg heil!" Everyone in the room was paralyzed. How could they accuse us — those who suffered and died in the Holocaust — of being Nazis?

1991, James Davison Hunter, Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, page 16:

Tear gas floated into the Hilton, up the air vents, and into the suite of the vice president, who was preparing his acceptance speech. On the street, chanting: "Sieg Heil, Sieg Heil, Sieg Heil," and "The Whole World Is Watching."

1995, Terry H. Anderson, The Movement and The Sixties, page 224:

And so, sometimes, did their direct effects. At many skinhead concerts, bands led fans in swastika flag-waving and chants of Sieg Heil!

2002, John Rodden, Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse: A History of Eastern German Education, page 202:

Then a few voices started to chant "Sieg heil! Sieg heil!", and these were joined by more voices, and gradually the whole assembly rose to its feet.

2004, Paul Taylor, Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics, page 101:

The omnious vast regimented rallies we have all seen on television, with adoring crowds shouting Sieg heil! and saluting in unison, were now a feature of German social life. In 1933 Hitler was in a position to seize power.

2007 October 8, Harry Davis, Palace of Crystal, Arena books, →ISBN:

(historical) The greeting Sieg Heil, used by the Nazis, and by neo-Nazis and people comparing others to Nazis today.


씨발

→ Chinese: 阿西吧 (āxiba)

From the verb form 씹할 (ssiphal, “who will fuck”), clipped from the phrase 씹할 놈 (ssiphal nom, “bastard who will fuck”), itself ultimately from 지 어미 씹할 놈 (ji eomi ssiphal nom, “that bastard who will fuck his own mother”) or 니 어미 씹할 놈 (ni eomi ssiphal nom, “you bastard who will fuck your own mother”). See Cho Hang-beom 2019, pp. 399–402. Not attested until recently, but this may be due to prudishness.

아, 씨발, 큰일났다.

(vulgar) fuck! shit! [since at least 1960s]


saperlipopette

From saperlotte since circa 1863. Possible relation to the German sapperlot.


wotcha

Alternative form of wotcher (“greeting”)


on your marks, get set, go

on your mark, get set, go
on your mark, get set, go#English

Alternative form of on your mark, get set, go


ready, aim, fire

A sequence of commands used to order soldiers to carefully fire their weapons.


enhorabuena

From en + hora + buena. Compare French à la bonne heure and Catalan enhorabona.


sayang

term-label

(Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, colloquial)

Indonesian
Philippine English
Singaporean English

* (Singaporean and Malaysian English): Borrowed from Malay sayang.
* (Philippine English): Borrowed from Tagalog sayang.

“Um, okay...” Rosa glanced at the blank boxes. “Cried over spilled milk. Six letters, third letter is a...”
“Sayang,” said the old man cheerfully.
“Sayang. It fits, po...”
“Sayang. That's what I say whenever I spill some milk.” He cackled.
“With these weak wrists and fingers, I say sayang several times a day! Give me another.”

2005, Alex Garland, “Sandmen”, in The Tesseract, Penguin Group (USA) Inc., →ISBN:

But going back to my dad, he died four years ago of leukemia. So he never met my daughter and he never reached the date of our wedding. So sayang. So I decided I wanted to write a book about him. I wanted to write a book for him and about him, for my daughter so she would get to know her lolo. And I was really stumped. Wala akong maisip about a story. This was the time when I just wrote Tuwing Sabado.

2017, Russell Molina, “Magic Secrets, Revealed”, in Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:


sayang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).


sayang

From Malay sayang (“love; it were a pity; alas that”),
* from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”).
* from New/Middle Indo-Aryan (such as Punjabi [script needed] (sāīyā̃, “master”) and Nepali [script needed] (saiyā̃, “master”)), from Sanskrit स्वामी (svāmī), singular nominative of स्वामिन् (svāmín). Therefore, doublet of suami.

cog

alas, what a pity, what a shame, what a waste


sayang

Indonesian: sayang

→ English: sayang

→ Hokkien: 捎央, 沙央 (sa-iang)


sayang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ (“too bad! it’s a pity! what a shame!”). Compare Bikol Central sayang, Kapampangan sayang, and Malay sayang.


perdinci

an expression of disappointment or impatience; for goodness' sake


perdio

a rude expression of disappointment or impatience; for God's sake


pagana

See on pagana hea laul!

darn, damn, heck; used as a general intensifier


very well

A: I don't want to go today.

B: Very well. Let's go tomorrow, then.

(idiomatic, formal) Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation.

Conning officer: "Rudder amidships."

Helmsman: "Rudder amidships aye! Rudder now amidships."

Conning officer: "Very well."

(naval) A standard response by a superior to a report or confirmation.


werpa

Backslang formed from the initial and final syllables of Philippine English power (“cheer used to express support”), as in the English phrase, “More Power to you!!”

der

a cheer used to express support or motivation, especially at a sports event


howzit

(slang, South Africa, Hawaii) Hello; what's up?


napoo

World War I British and ANZAC army slang, probably a corruption of French “il n′y a plus” (“there is no more”).

“[…]Finish! Napoo!” and he spread his hands expressively, holding the cup upside down with the cloth hanging out of it, before he went on: “But it hasn't come to that yet.[…]”

1939, Ruthven Todd, Over the Mountain, published 1978, page 216:


obrigado

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obligātus (“obliged”), past participle of obligō (“to bind in obligation”).

slbor

Obrigado por tudo.


zucht

Afrikaans: sug

From Middle Dutch sucht, socht, from Old Dutch *suft (“sigh, sip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūftu.


привѣтъ

head

привѣ́тъ • (privě́t)

привѣ́тъ (canonical)
privě́t (romanization)

приве́т привет#Russian


/u⁵⁵ u⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/

/u⁵⁵ u⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/

(Internet slang) Alternative form of 嗚嗚嗚／呜呜呜 (wū-wū-wū)


5 (ห้า) is a homophone of ฮ่า which is the laughing sound.


hmph

"Don't blame me. It's your fault." "Hmph!"

"That does it! I'm not gonna talk to you anymore! Hmph!"


ačiū

Etymology unclear. Related to Belarusian dialectal а́цю (ácju, “thank you”), а́ціць (ácicʹ, “to thank”), Polish dialectal aću, aciu (“thank you”), although these may be Balticisms. As frequently used words often undergo irregular phonetic changes, it may be a clipping of multiple words, as in other words for "thank you": Russian спаси́бо (spasíbo) < съпаси́ богъ (sŭpasí bogŭ, “God save (you)”), Latvian paldies < palīdz Dievs (“may God help”), Romanian mulțumesc < mulțănesc (“I wish (you) many years”). One suggested source is atjautà jùms (“sympathy to you”), although this is likely a folk etymology (compare dėkui).

Ãčiū táu ùž tàvo méilę.


buenas

Borrowed from Spanish buenas. Doublet of boas.

(Rio Grande do Sul, colloquial) good night; good afternoon or good evening (generally used to answer when someone says boa noite or boa tarde)


buenas

Ellipsis of buenos días (“good morning”), buenas tardes (“good afternoon/evening”) or buenas noches (“good evening/night”)


será

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

“João se casará com ela.” “Será?”

“Eu serei escolhido.” “Será?”

“Ele havia chorado.” “Será?”

“Você faria isso.” “Será?”

(Brazil) used to indicate doubt or uncertainty of something said, where English uses the sentence’s auxiliary verb followed by a pronoun


jolines

Euphemism for joder. Similar usage and meaning as shoot, fudge, darn.


righty-ho

But it is curiously difficult to say to John Simpson, 'Actually, I'm scared of flying.' So, instead, I say 'Righty-ho,' and a few days later he is striding into the lobby of the Durban Hilton to meet me.

2002 February 24, Lynn Barber, “Travels with Auntie”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-14:

Righty-ho, let's get going.

“Er… a cappuccino, please,” replied Chloe, trying to sound grown-up.
“I think I’ll have one too.” Mr Stink shuffled behind the counter and started opening tins. “Righty-ho, two cappuccinos coming right up.”

2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Abandon Starbucks!”, in Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 66:

Introducing a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said; alright, well (then).


labas

Cognate with Latvian labs. See it for more.


вой

вой та тебе

(dialectal) Alternative form of въй (vǎj, “wow, hey”)


๕๕๕

๕ (ห้า) is the homophone of ฮ่า which is laughing sound.


jøss

From a colloquial pronunciation of Jesus.


jøsses

Nei jøsses! — ein kunde ikkje venta, at barnet skulde kunna nokot.

No, sheesh! — one could not expect the child to be able to do anything.

Jøss, tenk deg, tenkte guten. / Jøsses, sku' du sett! / Ein fugl som snakkar nynorsk / er ikkje vanlig nett!

2013, Arnt Birkedal, Arnt Birkedal. Dikt I utval, Wigestrand forlag, →ISBN:

Jeesh, to think, the guy thought. / Sheesh, you should have seen it! / A bird speaking Norwegian Nynorsk / is unusually neat!


thx

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of thanks.


därför

From Old Swedish þær for, equivalent to där + för. Compare English therefore, Danish derfor, German dafür.

Varför? - Därför (att jag säger det)! Sluta tjata nu!

Why? - Because (I say so)! Now stop nagging!


la revedere

From la + revedere, from the verb revedea, from vedea (“to see”), from Latin vidēre. Compare French au revoir, Italian arrivederla and Catalan a reveure.


viszontlátásra

Lexicalization of viszontlátás (“seeing someone again”) + -ra (“on, onto”, sublative case suffix), from viszont (“again”) + látás (“sight, seeing”). Literally, it could be translated as “till we see each other again”.

af

Coordinate term: (used on the phone, when speakers cannot see each other) viszonthallásra


ajunge

Inherited from Latin adiungō (“add, join to”), from ad + iungō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-.


no problemo

From no problem + -o. Originally, and largely still, Mock Spanish (actual Spanish expression being no hay problema).


TY

Alternative form: ty

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of thank you.

flm

text messaging abbreviation of "thank you"


arr

Blackbeard the Pirate
Indiana University Press
Long John Silver
Robert Newton

Possibly from aye.
The pirate-imitation form was derived from the West Country dialect after its use by West Country-born actor Robert Newton (1905–1956) in the films Treasure Island (1950) and Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)—and the former’s spin-off media—in which he played, respectively, the fictional pirate Long John Silver and the historical pirate Edward “Blackbeard” Teach (c. 1680 – 1718; also a West Country native).

(British, West Country, West Midlands, Yorkshire) Yes.

Arr, matey! Tis a dangerous life, the sea – full of giant beasts, raging storms and wayward ships bobbing around like steel icebergs.

2004, Peter Walsh, How to Organize (Just About) Everything: More than 500 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to Creating a Flawless Filing System, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, →ISBN, instruction 480:

He did an imitation of a pirate: "Arr, Arr, Arr, me buckos."

2007, Howard [A.] Norman, Devotion, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 90:

Suddenly a pirate voice said, "Arr, Arr, Arr. Are you looking for me gold?" Josh looked startled and Will began to laugh.

2008, Gwen Lepkowski, “Tornado”, in Cross-country Treasure Hunt (and the Mystery that Followed), Longwood, Fla.: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 46:

Used stereotypically in imitation of pirates.


have fun

Used to wish somebody a good and enjoyable time when they are about to do something.

хорошо́ повесели́ться

жела́ю/жела́ем

хорошо́ провести́ вре́мя

жела́ю/жела́ем

до́бре повесели́тися

бажа́ю/бажа́ємо

до́бре провести́ ча́с

бажа́ю/бажа́ємо


trời

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-trời.wav

From Proto-Vietic *b-ləːj (“sky”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“sky, rain”). Compare also Muong tlời and Chut [Rục] pləːj².
This particular form is originally the Central-Southern form. The Northern forms include giời from the inland dialects, and lời and tời from the coastal dialects. Both of the coastal Northern forms had already disappeared or are highly endangered since the early 20th century, leaving giời as the representative Northern form, although even this form is losing ground to the written form.
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𫶸, composed of 巴 (MC pae) + 例 (MC ljejH) (modern SV: ba lệ), 婆例 (MC ba ljejH) (modern SV: bà lệ) and 婆雷 (MC ba lwoj) (modern SV: bà lôi). Attested in the Annan Jishi (安南即事, 13th century) as 勃耒 (MC bwot lwijX|lwojH).

Trời, sao lại làm như thế?

Good Lord, what did (you/he/she/it) do that for?


palavra

From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.

der

word (used to assert that something is true)


מגניב

he-interjection

מַגְנִיב • (magnív)

מַגְנִיב (canonical)
magnív (romanization)

Possibly influenced by English magnificent or French magnifique.


hvad

From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod.


gówno

(vulgar) used when the speaker wants to categorically deny something or someone


lort

From Old Norse lortr (“excrement, feces”), akin to Faroese lortur, Icelandic lortur. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *lort (“crooked; bent; left; left-handed; dastardly”). If so, then related also to English lirt (“to trick; deceive”), German dialectal lurz (“left; bad; wicked”).


أبدا

ar-interj

أَبَدًا • (ʔabadan)

أَبَدًا (canonical)
ʔabadan (romanization)

→ Afar: ábadan

→ Fula:

Pular: abadan

Fulfulde: abada

Adverbial accusative of أَبَد (ʔabad, “eternity”), from the root ء ب د (ʔ-b-d).


không

Borrowed from Chinese 空 (“empty, nothing, none”). This is now the main negator in Vietnamese and, in formal writing, virtually the only negator; however, see the list of other negators at the end of the entry.
The grammaticalization of không into a negative particle began in the 17th century and coincided with the numerous arrivals of Western businessmen in Vietnam. Because the quantifier "zero" is often used in the context of business, a relationship between "zero" and the verbal particle không was established. The development from "empty, vacant" into the numeral "zero" can also been seen in many Southern Min varieties, such as Hokkien 空 (khòng), Teochew 空 (kang³), Hainanese 空, as well as Korean 공 (gong).
In the beginning of the 20th century, không replaced the original chief negator chẳng of native Vietnamese origin, coinciding with the establishment of French colonial rule over Vietnam.


mazzel

Borrowed from Yiddish מזל (mazl, “luck”).

(Netherlands, informal) Alternative form of de mazzel


iyi

From Ottoman Turkish ایو (eyü, “good, well”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (eygü, “good”), from Proto-Turkic *ed-gü (“good, excellent”), derived from Proto-Turkic *ed (“thing, goods”). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (eδ, “refined, useful thing”) and Mongolian эд (ed, “thing, object, item, property”), a Turkic borrowing.


добро

From до̏бар.


moj

vocative particle used in a call to a woman


coucou

Inherited from Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus.

(colloquial, informal) hiya, hey; an informal greeting

(colloquial, informal, by extension) an informal goodbye, bye-bye


fook

I thought, Who the fook is Faulkner? And how's he related to us Windsors?

2023, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Spare, Penguin Random House, →ISBN:


schijt

From Middle Dutch schite, from Old Dutch skīta, from Proto-West Germanic *skiti, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz.
Cognate to Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, English shit, Danish skid, Swedish skit. Doublet of shit.

Ik heb mijn verdomde telefoon stukgemaakt, schijt.


weet je

Ik was met haar naar d'r huis gegaan, weet je.


آفرین

ar-interj

آفِرِين • (ʔāfirīn)

آفِرِين (canonical)
ʔāfirīn (romanization)


آفرین

âfarin (romanization)
âferin (romanization)
âfrin (romanization)

→ Azerbaijani: afərin

→ Bashkir: афарин (afarin)

→ Georgian: აფერუმ (aperum)

→ Mingrelian: ანფერ (anper)

→ Gujarati: આફરીન (āpharīn)

→ Hindustani:

desc

Hindi: आफ़रीन (āfrīn), आफ़रीं (āfrī̃), आफ़िरीं (āfirī̃)

Urdu: آفرین (āfrīn)

→ Punjabi: ਆਫ਼ਰੀਨ (āfarīn), آفرین (āfrīn)

→ Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (āferīn)

desctree

Ottoman Turkish: آفرم (âferim), آفرین (aferin)
Turkish: aferin
→ Arabic: عَفَارِم (ʕafārim)
→ Albanian: aferim
→ Armenian: աֆերիմ (aferim)
→ Bulgarian: а́ферим (áferim)
→ Macedonian: аферим (aferim)
→ Romanian: aferim
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: афѐрим
Latin script: afèrim

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, “praise, blessing”), from Proto-Iranian *ā- + *fraiH- (“to rejoice, atone, please”). The former prefix is from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”), and the latter component is from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to please; to love”).


آفرین

Borrowed from Classical Persian آفرین (āfarīn), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭩𐭭 (āfrīn, “praise, blessing”).

bor+

bravo!, excellent!, good job!, well done!


fufu

Borrowed from Japanese ふふ (fufu, onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter; compare English haha).

ja-r

onomatopoeia for the sound of laughter; compare English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">haha</i>

(fandom slang, chiefly in translations of Japanese works) Alternative form of fufufu (onomatopoeia for laughter; especially a snicker).


ladrão

[laˈdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladron, from Latin latrōnem (“highwayman, brigand”).


наздраве

cheers!, your health!, here's to you!, here's how!, prosit! (toast when drinking)

Gesundheit!, bless you! (after sneezing)


zum Wohl

Bless you (a response to someone sneezing)


batter up

(baseball) Used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.


I'll be

Presumably short for I'll be damned via anapodoton.


שניה

he-interj

שְׁנִיָּה • (sh'niyá)

שְׁנִיָּה (canonical)
sh'niyá (romanization)


qué tal

Hola, ¿qué tal?

¿Qué tal tu nuevo ordenador?

¿Qué tal la película?

¿Qué tal estuvo la fiesta?

¿Qué tal el viaje?


ага

ага́ (canonical)
ahá (romanization)
agá (romanization)

ru:Ага (земноводное)

(colloquial) aha! (upon figuring something out)


jé

Of debated origin:
# An onomatopoeia.
# Borrowed from German je.


يعني

head

يَعْنِي • (yaʕnī)

يَعْنِي (canonical)
yaʕnī (romanization)

Gulf Arabic: يعني (yaʕni)

North Levantine Arabic: يعني (yaʕni)

South Levantine Arabic: يعني (yaʕni)

→ Armenian: յանի (yani)

→ Azerbaijani: yəni

→ Bashkir: йәғни (yəğni)

→ Classical Persian: یَعْنِی (ya'nī)

Tajik: яъне (yaʾne)

→ Hebrew: יעני (yá'ni)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: यानी (yānī)

Urdu: یَعْنِی (ya'nī)

→ Indonesian: yakni

→ Kalasha: yani

→ Kazakh: яғни (äğni)

→ Malay: yakni

→ Northern Kurdish: yenî, yani

→ Ottoman Turkish: یعنی (yani)

Turkish: yani
→ Swedish: yani

→ Swahili: yaani

→ Tatar: ягъни (yağni), yağni

→ Uyghur: يەنى (yeni)

→ Uzbek: ya'ni

Non-past of عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”). Compare Hebrew יען (ya'en, “because of, since”).

(adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know


يعني

يَعْنِي • (yaʿnī)

يَعْنِي (canonical)
yaʿnī (romanization)

Non-past of Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”).

كان حلو الفلم ؟
يعني بس مو وايد .
Was the movie good?
Kind of, but not so much.


يعني

يعني • (yaʿni)

يعني... الموضوع أصعب من هيك

Well... the affair is more complicated than that.

كان حلو الفلم؟ — يعني، بس توقعتو أحلى
Kān ḥilu l-film? — Yaʿni, bas twaʾʾaʿtu ʾaḥla.
Was the film good? — I guess, but I’d expected it to be better.

ما في فرق كبير. هو نفس الشي تقريبا، يعني

There’s no big difference. It’s roughly the same thing, really.

Ma fi fariʾ kbīr. Huwi nafs iš-ši taʾrīban, yaʿni.

هيدا مش معقول، يعني

(postpositioned) really; seriously; man; come on; used for emphasis


يعني

ajp-interjection

يعني • (yaʕni)


別來無恙

ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄨˊ ㄧㄤˋ

/pi̯ɛ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/

/piːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹ mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²/

/pi̯ɛ³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ u³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/

/piːt̚² lɔːi̯²¹ mou̯²¹ jœːŋ²²/

Literally: [You] lack (無) sickness (恙) since (來) [we last] parted (別).

(idiomatic) You're looking as healthy as ever, nice to see you again.

(idiomatic) (in correspondence) I hope all is well since we last spoke.


à tes souhaits

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-à tes souhaits.wav

bless you (said in response to the first sneeze)


come by

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-come by.wav

A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep


du-te dracului

duce in the imperative du (“go”) + tu in the reflexive te (“yourself”) + drac in the dative dracului (“to the devil”)


zindabad

Borrowed from Hindustani ज़िंदाबाद (zindābād) / زندہ باد (Zinda Bād, “long live”), from Classical Persian زنده باد (zinda bād).

Libgen Zindabad

2021 September 30, Ok_Option_474, Reddit:

Jio zindabad

2022 May 18, Successful_Pizza2802, Reddit:

Since I will never get an uber, the ride is just never available whichever city I am in, bhai auto zindabad !

2023 August 1, Swastika Mukherjee (@swastika24), Twitter:

Public transport zindabad! / 3:35 - am outside Vanaz stn / 3:42 - metro leaves / 4:20 - metro reaches Ramwadi / 4:26 shuttle leaves / 4:38 - reached airport

2024 March 11, Pushkaraj Apte (@pushkarajapte), Twitter:

Google Translate zindabad !

2024 November 4, Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD (@malpani), Twitter:

(South Asia, slang) Used to express intense approval or suggest use of something


paf

(onomatopoeia) A noise of firing, explosion, crash, etc.


paf

* Interjection: onomatopoeia
* Adjective: from paffé, past participle of paffer (to consume excessively)
* Noun: uncertain

Paf ! Le livre est tombé à terre !

onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow


iechyd da

/ˌjɛχɨ̞d ˈdaː/

/ˌjɛχɪd ˈdaː/


aamen

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).

der

amen (a formula confirming and concluding a Christian prayer)

Asi on otsustatud ja aamen!

(informal) an exclamation marking the end, final decision, etc.


aamen

From Biblical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”).


aleluya

Borrowed from Spanish aleluya, from Latin aleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh).


aleluya

Borrowed from Latin alleluia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ.

Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ


in gamba

Literally, “on legs”, as opposed to be sick in bed.


baptême

Inherited from Middle French baptesme, from Old French batesme, bapteme, baptesme (earlier batesma), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma), and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós). Doublet of baptisme.

[1996], Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, La Courte Échelle, p. 39,
Oui, baptême! C'était mon filleul. Un petit gars intelligent et... — Yes, dangit! He was my godson. A bright little guy and...


блин

→ Latvian: blīn

→ Ukrainian: блін (blin)

Euphemistic alteration of блядь (bljadʹ, “whore”, a vulgar curse), influenced by the noun блин (blin, “pancake, crepe”).

(minced oath, colloquial, exclamation) dammit!, darn!, shoot! (expression of any strong emotion)

minced oath; exclamation; minced oath; exclamation


tee hee

From Middle English tehee, te he, ti he, alteration of hehe, from Old English he he (“hee hee”).

She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.

1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London: [s.n.], 1870], →OCLC, page 181:

Tee hee! Isn't that naughty?

1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 97:


neato

Oh, neato! My car is fixed.

(colloquial, slang) Neat (in the sense of being excellent or desirable).


shame on you

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shame on you.wav


尊命

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

(literary) aye-aye; yes sir; it shall be done


trăiască

trăiască berea!


Östen

From Old Norse Eysteinn (compare Norwegian Øystein), from ey (“luck”) + steinn (“stone”).

The letter "Ö" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Oscar-echo

oe; international; spelling of the digraph


JFGI

(Internet slang) Initialism of just fucking google it.


alltså

Borrowed from Low German also. Compare allt and så. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål altså and Norwegian Nynorsk altso.

Alltså! Datorn funkar inte igen.

(colloquial) An expression of exasperation.

Alltså... jag kan höra henne snarka genom väggen

I mean, wow... I can hear her snoring through the wall

(colloquial) An expression of disbelief.


ម៉ែ

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *meeʔ ~ *ʔmeeʔ (“mother”).


heaven forfend

From heaven (“abode of God”) + forfend (“to avert; to forbid, prohibit”).

Advisor: The voters now see you as imperial and god-like. Burns: Hot dog! Advisor: But there's a down-side to it. The latest polls indicate you're in danger of losing touch with the common man. Burns: Oh, dear! Heaven forfend!

1990, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder, “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”, in The Simpsons:

Now there's an opportunity to employ a man who, heaven forfend, actually thinks about tactics and team balance.

2007 November 23, Scott Murray, “Why England’s failure is good news for, er, England”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-10-06:

(dated or humorous) Used to express that one hopes that something does not happen: God forbid, heaven forbid.

taevas hoidku

used to express that one hopes that something does not happen


putain de merde

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2008, Le retour de Shéhérazade, Clicanoo
Putain de merde, Shéhérazade ? La Princesse ? Entre nobles dames au langage châtié, nous pouvons nous comprendre.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Capture d’écran du site du «Sun»: «Putaine de merde, mec, on va aller en taule» s’exclame un des deux pilotes après avoir réalisé son erreur.

(vulgar) fucking hell; holy shit; goddamn


heaven forbid

"Now, by Our Lady's grace," cried the Butcher, "well do I know thy name, and many a time have I heard thy deeds both sung and spoken of. But Heaven forbid that thou shouldst take aught of me! An honest man am I, and have wronged neither man nor maid; so trouble me not, good master, as I have never troubled thee."
"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."

1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:

Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—or heaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.

2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health:

(idiomatic) May heaven forbid it: expresses the desire that something does not happen.


putain de bordel de merde

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(vulgar) holy fucking shit, Jesus fucking Christ


headdesk

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*thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*[1] ... [1] head/desk interface sounds

1999 May 30, Antony Espindola, “Re: Top Ten Signs A Guest At Your Memorial Day Barbecue Is A Spy”, in alt.fan.james-bond (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <37513F4E.CB1511E7@Netscape.net>:

And as we leave, the shybies immediately complain that, although they would have liked to be in the musical, it was hardly fair that they were forced to perform with no script or rehearsal and without even a passed audition confirming they were fit for the part; in fact, it could have been done deliberately to oppress and humiliate them. Head, desk. Thump. Thump. Thump.

2001 August 16, Mark Green, “Re: Are shy people oppressed”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <88139ee2.0108160306.5a56d802@posting.google.com>:

It would still be very fun to do. Sweetie looked at me really funny when I told him about it. He didn't get it either *head-desk, head-desk*

2002 October 22, Mariot MacFarlane, “Re: Dickens Faire: looking for garb to borrow”, in alt.fairs.renaissance (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <hGdt9.601$zR7.44124330@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>:

Headdesk. Gillian, Gillian. You don't need another chemistry class; you need to go to charm school.

2008, Shelley Adina, The Fruit of My Lipstick, FaithWords, →ISBN:

Apparently the reason I am weirded out by the idea of Mum getting porny with Invisible Ray Who May Not Even Exist is because I am afraid this means I am being replaced. Er, dude, I am her daughter? And he is (possibly, depending on invisibility/existingness) her bloke? Not. The. Same. *headdesk*

2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 154:

berrygirl: *headdesk* um, i don't know, maybe because we have absolutely nothing in common? at ALL?

2010, Susane Colasanti, Something Like Fate, Viking, →ISBN:

Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.


пошёл

head

пошёл • (pošól)

пошёл во́н!


어쩌면

[ʌ̹t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹mjʌ̹n]


nyaa

From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃあ (nyā).

(anime and manga fandom) The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.


ดอก

th-interj

ดอก • (dɔ̀ɔk)

Clipping of ดอกทอง (dɔ̀ɔk-tɔɔng), from ดอก (dɔ̀ɔk, “flower”) + ทอง (tɔɔng, “gold; golden”).

com

(slang, vulgar, sometimes derogatory and offensive, originally LGBTQ term) (อี~) an exclamation of surprise, joy, contempt, disgust, dismay, rejection, disapproval, discontent, or anger.


oh noes

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And Job wuz liek “Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prai, jus in caes.”

2010, Martin Grondin, “Teh Story ov Job”, in LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 60:

He shakes his head. ‘It's a present. Now calm down, it's time for work. Boardroom, Alastair and Amy.’
 Oh, noes! It's the last Monday of the month, so it's our financial review. Where's my Nexium?

2017, Marian Keyes, The Break, Penguin, →ISBN:

And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.

1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 216:


baf

boo (loud exclamation intended to scare someone)


미안하다

미안(未安) (mian) + 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives). Cognate with Jeju 미안ᄒᆞ다 (mianhawda).

af

I'm sorry (in addressing a person of low status, reflecting a minor infraction)


jehr

Synonyms: kul (canonical)
quzilqurt (canonical)
qurreder (canonical)

Akin to Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish ژار (jar)، ژەھر (jehir), Zazaki care, Persian زهر, from Proto-Iranian *ǰaθráH.

Eu nha či b jehr d xuazn?!

Jehr te b be herri!


gwan

From various English dialects, notably Gullah.

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of going on.

“Aw, gwan, you slave driver,” the boy said, dashing from the room.

1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 199:

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of go on.

I need to get to gwan.

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of going.


muchas gracias

Chavacano: muchas gracias

→ English: much grass


аллилуйя

head

аллилу́йя • (allilújja)

аллилу́йя (canonical)
allilújja (romanization)

[ɐlʲɪˈɫujːə]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούια (allēloúia), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “praise God!”).

der

הַלְּלוּיָהּ


screw off

I said no. Now screw off!

(idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) To tell someone to leave or to stop being bothersome.

"We just won a new car!" "Screw off! You're joking, right?"

(idiomatic, possibly vulgar) An expression of surprise or disbelief.


morepork

/ˈmɔɹˌpɔ(ə)ɹk/

The word is imitative of the bird's call.

onom

imitative

[T]he morepork, a species of caprimulgus, or goatsucker,^([sic]) keeps up all night the exact repetition of its own name, "Morepork! morepork!" It is a sound to me most expressive of a dreary loneliness and twilight distance that I ever heard.

1852 December 1, William Howitt, “Letter VII”, in Land, Labour, and Gold; or, Two Years in Victoria: With Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen’s Land. … In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, published 1855, →OCLC, pages 115–116:

As soon as the shades of evening close in over the Australian forest, the ear is startled by the cry of "morepoke," clearly and loudly repeated, and a bird as large as an owl flits by on noiseless wing, like the goat-sucker at home. This is the Morepoke, a species of large night-jar,^([sic]) all head and mouth, about the size of an owl.

1861, [Horace William Wheelwright], “A Chapter on the Ornithology of Port Phillip”, in Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist; or, Notes on the Field Sports and Fauna of Australia Felix. By an Old Bushman, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, […], →OCLC, page 126:

As soon as night begins to spread its darkening shadows over our brief twilight, this active creature sets out on its hunting excursions, roaming over field and gully with soft, noiseless flight, one of the advantages it owes to its flocculent plumage; its cry of "morepork, morepork," is repeated at frequent intervals, sometimes with the utmost rapidity of utterance; [...]

1871 May, T[homas] H[enry] Potts, “Art. XI.—On the Birds of New Zealand. … (Part II.)”, in James Hector, editor, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1870, volume III, Wellington: James Hughes, printer, […]; London: Trübner 7 Co., […], →OCLC, pages 61–62:

‘I assure you. I do rather a good morepork.’ Bernard sat up, straightened his shoulders. ‘More pork. More pork.’

1992, Barbara Anderson, chapter 8, in Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Wellington: Victoria University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 141:

I know where a morepork lives, in the roof of our dunny, and I hear it hoot ‘morepork, morepork’ every night. And I hoot ‘morepork’ back to it, and it hoots ‘morepork’ back to me.

2005, Jack Lasenby, “The Morepork’s Revenge, Mr Bryce’s Verandah Post, Why Freddy Jones Bit His Tongue, and the Way Fern Uncurls at the Top”, in Mr Bluenose, Dunedin: Longacre Press, →ISBN:


Tatsache

From Tat + Sache, calque of English matter of fact.


ker

Ker, ich raste bald aus!

(colloquial, regional, Ruhrgebiet, Münsterland) man!, Jesus! (general-purpose intensifier, especially expresses frustration)


GN

Alternative form: gn

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of good night.


muks

(onomatopoeia) The sound of somebody falling over.


usch

Of imitative origin, similar to other interjections like äsch, husch, isch, uschiamej, uschianemej.

onomatopoeic

imitative


lakk

Lakk bror, det är fett kefft att göra så
Alltså bror, det är fett kefft att göra så ("(Filler) bro, that's a really shitty thing to do")

(slang) Synonym of alltså (in filler sense)


благодаря

head

благодаря́ • (blagodarjá)

благодаря́ (canonical)
blagodarjá (romanization)

[bɫɐɡodɐˈrʲɤ̟]

From Old Church Slavonic благодарити (blagodariti); equivalent to благо (blago) + дар (dar) + -я́ (-já).


tota

space filler or pause during conversation


nenikikamen

Transliteration of Ancient Greek νενικήκαμεν (nenikḗkamen, “we are victorious”).

uder

Nenikikamen — title of choral work.

1971, Antoniou, Theodore (Greek composer, b 1935)

As he reached the city he gasped out Nenikikamen! and fell dead.

1967, Ilka Chase, Fresh from the Laundry:

We have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).


Respekt

Used to express appreciation; hats off, kudos


alleluja

Learned borrowing from Latin allēlūia, from Hebrew הללויה. First attested in 1522.

der

Hebrew הללויה

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alleluja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

(Christianity, often reduplicated) hallelujah


tää

Variant of tämä, which is an extension of a monosyllabic stem *tä- from which the genitive form is directly derived. The long vowel in the nominative form could be by analogy with the diphthong in tuo and toi (both from *too) and/or the adverbs täällä, täältä, or it could simply be a reduction of the medial -m-.

(Internet slang) Indicates agreement with something someone else said or wrote.


ta mère

(derogatory, vulgar, offensive) your mom


guten Abend

Guten Abend

By surface analysis, guten (masculine accusative of gut (“good”)) + Abend (“evening”).

surf

masculine accusative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">gut</i> (“good”)


grattis

Attested from 1934. Clipping of gratulerar + -is.

Grattis till segern.

Grattis på födelsedagen!


moin

From, or from the same source as, German Low German moin, beyond which the etymology is not clear; see that entry for more.

(colloquial, originally Northern Germany, nautical) hi

moin moin

might be perceived as foreign or artificial in some regions, e.g. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


moin

→ Saterland Frisian: moin

→ Kashubian: mòjn

The etymology is not clear.
* It stems possibly from moi, moie, moien (“nice, bright, shiny”), from Middle Low German [Term?], thus meaning would be '(have a) good one'. This would explain the pronunciation with /ŋ/ in some areas, which would stem from regular inflection of Low German moi.
* It is also possible that this word is a borrowing from a Frisian language, which would explain the vowel sequence /ɔːɪ/, which does not naturally occur in almost any Low German dialect.
* Further, many sources say that the word comes from the Berlin area, representing the local pronunciation of German Morgen (“morning”): [mɔɐ̯jɘn]. The pronunciation would come either from local Low German (where the word was pronounced [mɔrʝɘn]) and then have undergone r-vocalisation, or from early modern Upper Saxonian (/mɔˤjən/ or something similar), which is the German dialect that initially replaced Low German in Berlin. The word was understood as 'moin' by the rhotic dialects surrounding the city and spread north from them.
* Should this word be a West Frisian or Berlinian borrowing, it is likely that it was later conflated with the Low German word moi (/moːɪ/).
* A descent, at least partially, from a lost West Slavic dialect has also been hypothesized.


moin

From German Low German moin. Cognate to Kashubian mòjn.


moin

Borrowed from German Low German moin. Cognate to Kashubian mòjn.


저기

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 뎌ᇰ어긔〮 (Yale: tyèng.èkúy).

ko-etym-native

um; uh; erm (An exclamation used when one cannot think of something.)

저기. 내가 미안해. — 괜찮아. 아나.
jeogi. naega mianhae. - gwaenchana. ana.
Well, I am sorry. — It’s okay, Anna.
Original English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

um; uh; erm (An exclamation used when one finds it awkward and uncomfortable to bring up something.)


аминь

ru-adv

ами́нь • (amínʹ)

→ Ingrian: amin

→ Mandarin: 阿民 (āmín)

Inherited from Old East Slavic аминъ (aminŭ), from Koine Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אמן (amén, “certainly, truly”); cognate with Arabic آمين (ʔāmīn), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ ('āmēn).


huig

Uncertain. Compare Latin heu (“ay! oh! alas!”)

c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Huig, hū færst þū?


bau

boo, a loud exclamation intended to scare someone


감사합니다

Formal polite (하십시오체 (hasipsioche)) indicative assertive form of 감사하다 (感謝—, gamsahada, “to be thankful”). From 감사 (感謝, gamsa, “thanks”) + 합니다 (hamnida, “to have a quality”).


oh my

Which might mean shaping it, gelling it, snooting it, barn dooring it, and putting it on a stand or a clamp. Maybe taking the dome diffuser off. Perhaps zooming it. Oh my. And you thought you were just taking a picture.

(idiomatic, euphemistic, chiefly US and Canada) oh my God


chapéu

Borrowed from Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capelo.
Compare Galician chapeu, Spanish chapeo, chapeau, Catalan capell, Occitan capèl, French chapeau, and Italian cappello (the Galician and Spanish also being borrowings from French).

Combinei com ele às 16h e chapéu! Não apareceu.

I planned to meet at 16h and nothing! He didn't show up.

Procurei as chaves por todo o lado. Chapéu!

I looked for the keys everywhere. They are gone!


olá

Possibly borrowed from Spanish hola (“hello”).


tick-tock

You may be smart enough to elude the law for five years, but your time has run out. Tick tock, motherfucker.

2015, Teresa D. Patterson, Wolf in the Pulpit, page 104:

(colloquial) A warning of some fateful impending event.


shiver my timbers

A reference to a wooden ship being pounded heavily in stormy seas to the extent that its timbers shake, causing awe and fear to the sailors on board.

I was informed I ſhould meet my dear Anna ſomewhere in theſe woods: I have been ſteering all points of the compaſs, but in vain. However, after having given chaſe to an enemy, ſhall I tamely haul my wind when my miſtreſs is in view? No;—ſhiver my timbers if I do. The man who meanly deſerts his King or his miſtreſs, deſerves to be ſhot for a traitor to both!

1794, James Roberts, Rule Britannia! A Loyal Sketch, in Two Acts, as Performed with Universal Applause at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London: Printed for Hookham and Carpenter, Old and New Bond-street, →OCLC, act II, scene i, page 26:

I weighed anchor inſtantly, and bore up right a-head to Dynevawr-houſe as faſt as my wooden leg would carry me. […] Shiver my timbers! what do you think I found 'em at? Split my wind if there was not a gang, with Mrs. Martha at the head, working away at the temple which was built for us to take our grog in.

1799, [Edward Dubois], chapter XII, in A Piece of Family Biography. In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Printed for J[ohn] Bell, no. 148, Oxford-Street, opposite New Bond-Street, →OCLC, page 216:

"The score!" he burst out. "Three goes o' rum! Why, shiver my timbers, if I hadn't forgotten my score!" And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “At the Sign of the ‘Spy-Glass’”, in Treasure Island, London, Paris, New York, N.Y.: Cassell & Company, Limited, published 1883, →OCLC, page 66:

When I wake up the next morning there's a seagull on my windowsill. […] They're such big birds, seagulls, so loud and cocksure and arrogant. If they could speak they would all sound like sailors. All avast! and ahoy there! and shiver me timbers! and they'd smoke reedy pipes and down flagons of foamy ale.

2005, Daisy Jordan, chapter 19, in Wild about Harry, London: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 263:

A mild oath expressing surprise, disbelief or annoyance. It is stereotypically regarded as being uttered by pirates.

Aert Anthoniszoon
National Maritime Museum

u sta hromů

mild oath stereotypically regarded as being uttered by pirates


rojbaş

good day (Greeting between sunrise and sunset)

good morning (Used as a greeting when meeting somebody for the first time in the morning.)

formal greeting between sunrise and sunset


ܒܪܝܟ ܨܦܪܐ

From ܒܪܝܟ (bərīḵ, “blessed”) + ܨܦܪܐ (ṣap̄rā, “morning”).

good morning (literally "the morning is blessed")


my pleasure

A polite reaction to receiving thanks, meaning that the speaker enjoyed helping the listener.


gerne

(commonly said in answer to danke (“thank you”); usually not translated into English) don't mention it, not at all, you're welcome

commonly said in answer to danke (“thank you”); usually not translated into English; commonly said in answer to danke (“thank you”); usually not translated into English


MOB

(nautical) Initialism of man overboard, used e.g. on the emergency button of a satellite navigator. By pushing the button the operator stores the coordinates of a man overboard incident for easy access.


there ya go

(informal) Alternative form of there you go


bug off

(idiomatic, informal, transitive, dismissal) Used to tell somebody to leave one alone.

häivy

Used to tell somebody to leave them alone


vice-a-versa

(proscribed) Phonetic alternative spelling of vice versa


jongens

Jongens, wat een grote vis!


caralho

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caralho. Further etymology is uncertain, but the most plausible source on the basis of both semantics and historical phonology appears to be unattested Vulgar Latin *c(h)araculum, which would have been a Latinized diminutive of Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “stick”).
Certain cognates include Spanish carajo, Galician carallo and Catalan carall. Attempts to attribute Italian same-meaning cazzo to the same etymon fail on phonological grounds, as the /r/ of carajo (or its absence in cazzo) remains unexplained, and no Latin phonological sequence develops as both /x/ in Spanish and /tts/ in Italian.
Doublet of carago.


おはようございます

ja-pos

おはようございます • (ohayō gozaimasu) ^(←おはやうございます (ofayaugozaimasu)?)

ohayō gozaimasu (romanization)
ofayaugozaimasu (romanization)
おはやうございます (hiragana historical)

Phrase consisting of おはよう (ohayō, “early”, formal, adverbial) + ございます (gozaimasu, “it is”, formal).


rawr

(Internet slang, text messaging) An expression of great appreciation, a happy imitation of a roar, often to emphasize attraction.

(Internet slang, text messaging) An expression of anger or frustration, though fairly lighthearted.


អញ្ជើញ

km-interj

អញ្ជើញ • (ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ)


おはよう

ohayō (romanization)
ofayau (romanization)
おはやう (hiragana historical)

Originally a compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 早く (hayaku, “early”, adverb), from adjective 早い (hayai, “early”).
Modern Japanese -i adjectives formerly ended in -ki for the attributive form. This medial /k/ dropped out during the Muromachi period, both for the attributive form (-ki becoming -i) and for the adverbial form (-ku becoming -u). However, the adverbial form reverted back to -ku thereafter for most words, with the -u ending persisting in certain everyday set expressions, such as arigatō, ohayō, or omedetō, and in hyper-formal speech.
/ohayaku/ → /ohayau/ → /ohayoː/

prefix

Daijirin Daijisen Japanese_language#Late_Middle_Japanese ja:松村明


asseblief

Ag, asseblief! Drink dit net!

please; an expression of annoyance or impatience


bir şey değil

you’re welcome (It literally means “It is not anything”)


uwaga

Deverbal from uważyć. First attested in 1656–1688. Compare Kashubian ùwôga and Silesian uwŏga.

ref

“UWAGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 07.05.2010

attention!; warning!; caution! watch out!


მადლობა არ ღირს

head

მადლობა არ ღირს

მადლობა არ ღირს • (madloba ar ɣirs)


goedendag

Univerbation of goeden dag (“good day”, accusative phrase).

hello, good day (greeting used during daytime)


carn

Adapted from the vernacular pronunciation of c'mon, itself an informal variant of come on. The first uses of the term in its extended sense appear to have been amongst Australian rules football fans in Victoria, with the use later spreading to other states and sports.

Slipper hooted. But in a moment another wedging peak was upon us.
"Carn, kid. No guts, no glory."
"I don't think so," I said.
"It's the only way home now."

2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, Ch.3, p.52

1956 September 10, “Carn the Magpies!”, in The Argus:

Cries of "Carn the Bunnies" rang out, and the talk was of past glories, present disappointments and future hopes.

2001 March 26, “Rabbitohs win hearts and minds of the disaffected”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Surely there is someone in ABC Television management who has read Bruce Dawe's evocative poem Life Cycle: "When children are born in Victoria/they are wrapped in the club-colours, laid in beribboned cots/having already begun a lifetime's barracking/Carn, they cry, carn … feebly at first."

2004 February 12, “Keeping sport local on our ABC”, in The Age:

2011 October 11, “Carn the Four'n Twenty, says Preston”, in Herald Sun:

(Australia, informal) An exclamation of support or approval, usually for a sporting (football) team.


الحمد لله

From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

inh

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ


الحمد لله

Borrowed from Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

bor+

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

عیشم مدام است از لعل دلخواه
کارم به کام است الحمد لله

c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:

My pleasure from the ruby [wine, or the beloved's lips] of my heart's desire is everlasting;
My affairs are as I would wish them. Praise be to God!

ayšam mudām ast az la'l-i dilxwāh
kāram ba kām ast alhamdu lillāh

praise be to God, thank God, alhamdulillah; a common expression of gratitude, relief, or joy.


الحمد لله

l-ḥamdi-lla (romanization)
l-ḥamdu-lla (romanization)

inh

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

أنا الحمد لله.


atsiprašau

[ɐt̪͡s̪ʲɪprɐˈʃɐʊ̯]

expression of request for attention, to pass or for an apology, excuse me

expression of a request for leaving with implied comeback, general or hostile, a threat


chau

Borrowed from Italian ciao, from Venetan s-ciao (“slave”).


^W

From the visual representation of the terminal encoding of the keypress Ctrl-W, the "delete back to whitespace" command in GNU readline, which is commonly available in GNU shells and other command-line utilities.

Yeah, he's a real jerk^W civility-challenged fellow.

Well, Mimi, you’re old enough that you should go to parties now, so this should be your last year to tickle feet^W^W trick-or-treat.

(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last word.


dikkedikk

Onomatopoeia; from archaic interjection dikk, originally tikk

(childish) Onomatopoeic phrase used by adults to incite laughter or a smiling response in a baby, often used in conjunction with tickling the baby.


いで

Come! (used to verbally urge the addressee when calling them closer)


точно

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точно (točno)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian точно／točno or Ukrainian то́чно (tóčno). By surface analysis, точни (točni) + -о (-o).

bor+

точно//točno


точно

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то́чно • (tóčno)

From то́чный (tóčnyj). Compare Ukrainian то́чно (tóčno).


kerchoo

Synonym of achoo, the sound of sneezing.


wys

You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag one b, wys?"[.] Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies flexing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’

2018 October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, in The Tab:

While it might not be the best 11 inches you get in Freshers' Week, we can guarantee it'll be the tastiest (and it won't send you 'wys' texts at 3am).

2019 September 20, Matt Livingstone, “Here’s how to get FREE PIZZA in Leeds this Freshers’ Week”, in The Tab:

(MLE, MTE, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of what you saying.


too much information

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-too much information.wav

The expression was first shortened to "TMI" by former Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Checkler circa 1988. It was not until the late 1990s however, that the term was popularized by online communities. See also TMI.

Too much information! I don't want to hear the details of your surgery.

(informal) An expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal and made the listener or reader uncomfortable.

āmiki rawa tēnā

an expression indicating that someone has revealed information that is too personal

(informal, Internet slang) Introduces an expansion of a short answer with additional information that may be "more than you ever wanted to know". It is a hint that the following information can be ignored if the short answer was sufficient.


get out of town

Compare Danish den må du længere ud på landet med.

cog

"Get out of town!" Magdalena gave me a quizzical look. "That's just an expression, dear," I said kindly.

1998, Tamar Myers, So Faux, So Good, page 191:

"Shae has four kids. All girls." / "Get out of town!" Tempest exclaimed, drawn back in shock.

"Let me pick another word," he said smoothly. "Fascinating." / "Oh, get out of town. Fascinating, my butt."

2005, Shannon McKenna, Out Of Control, page 68:


जय

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”).

bor+

जय श्री राम! ― jay śrī rām! ― Hail Lord Rāma!

जय हिन्द!

जय भीम!


(Internet slang) Abbreviation of ta ta for now.


see you soon

Goodbye; something said at a farewell, not necessarily literally meaning that the speaker will see the hearer(s) again.


fiddlestick

From Middle English fydylstyk, ffidillstyke; equivalent to fiddle + stick.

"A—a most distinguished visitor has just arrived."
"Distinguished fiddlestick!" said Aunt Letty. "There hasn't been a ring at the bell for the last hour."

1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:


cocococo

Et tu cum esses capo, cocococo, atque cor non habebas.

c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 59

And when you were a cockerel, you said cock-a-doodle-doo and didn't have a heart.


stać

Inherited from Old Polish stać, from Proto-Slavic *stojati.


begad

You have a good name, good wits, good manners, and a good person—and, begad! I don't see why you shouldn't marry a woman with money—get into—distinguish yourself, and—and, in fact, that sort of thing.

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 287:

Begad, Perry, old fellow, all's well at last, eh?" exclaimed Anthony, grasping my hand. "What I mean to say is — will ye look at 'em, begad!.

1922, Jeffery Farnol, Peregrine's Progress, page 439:

(archaic) An expression of surprise, shock etc.


há há

onomatopoeic

utterance


long time no hear

Dave! Long time no hear! How has Boston been treating you?

(idiomatic) I haven't heard from you for a long time.

отдавна не сме се чували

idiomatic: I haven't heard from you for a long time


mange tak

[ˈmɑŋə ˌtˢɑɡ̊]

[ˈmɑŋŋ̩ ˌtˢɑɡ̊]


ouah

(onomatopoeia) woof, the sound of a dog's bark


хи

(onomatopoeia) hee (an expression of laughter)


руки вверх

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ру́ки вве́рх

ру́ки вве́рх • (rúki vvérx)

ру́ки вве́рх (canonical)
rúki vvérx (romanization)


vergón

¡Vergón! Volveré en un momento.


kuchnia

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti
Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō
Latin coquō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Latin -us
Latin coquus
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Latin coquīnus
Latin coquīna
Late Latin cocīnabor.
Proto-West Germanic *kukinā
Old High German chuhhinabor.
Old Polish kuchnia
Polish kuchnia
Inherited from Old Polish kuchnia.

etymon

(minced oath) damn (non-vulgar expression of contempt as a minced oath of kurwa)


эврика

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э́врика • (évrika)

э́врика (canonical)
évrika (romanization)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκᾰ (heúrēka).


heuréka

From the Ancient Greek εὕρηκᾰ (heúrēka).


چپ

Akin to Pashto چپ, Urdu چپ, and Hindi चुप (cup), probably onomatopoeic.


também

Indo-Portuguese: tamêm

Interlingua: tamben

Macanese: tamêm

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (“so”) (modern tão) + ben (“well”) (modern bem). Compare with Spanish también.

inh+

– (O) João afogou-se!
– Também! Ele não sabe nadar...
– John drowned!
– Of course! He doesn’t know how to swim...

of course; no wonder (implying that an outcome was expected)


that's just me

"Personally, I wouldn't be making jokes if I were sitting on drugs and weapons charges, but that's just me."

2001, Steve Hamilton, Winter of the Wolf Moon, page 197:

(colloquial, idiomatic) Indicates the expression of a personal opinion, but often used ironically as an understatement.


flm

Initialism of faleminderit (“thank you”). ty, thx


kew

‘Kew,’ she said politely, and then took off, expertly negotiating the narrow aisles between the stalls.

2013, F. E. Higgins, A Tangle of Traitors (The Phenomenals; 1), London: Macmillan Children's Books, →ISBN, page 28:

(informal, uncommon) Clipping of thank you.


klm

Slang for kalofsh mirë (meaning “good bye”).

(slang, text messaging) Alternative form of kalofsh mirë (“good bye”)


lm

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of laat maar (“never mind”).


تر

used to imitate a tremble or vibrating sound, falling nails or the like, also a cat’s purr


hewar

help! (an expression that one desperately needs assistance)

an expression of exhaustion due to injustice


hjälp

From Old Swedish hiælp, from Old Norse hjalp, hjǫlp.


segítség

[ˈʃɛɡiːt͡ʃːeːɡ]

segít (“to help”) + -ség (noun-forming suffix)

af

Help! (cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance)


jæja

Jæja, hvað finnst þér?


brinks

(Internet slang) Clipping of brincadeira (“just kidding; just joking”).


お大事に

お大事に (canonical)
odaiji ni (romanization)

From お (o, honorific marker) + 大(だい)事(じ) (daiji, “important”) + に (ni, particle for direction); shortened from expressions such as お大(だい)事(じ)になさってください (o daiji ni nasatte kudasai, “Please take care of yourself”).

ja-r

お 大%事 に なさって ください

お だい%じ に なさって ください

お体をお大事に。


ajuda

From Old Galician-Portuguese ajuda, from ajudar (“to help; to aid”), from Latin adiūtāre (“to help”). Compare English aid, Spanish ayuda, Italian aiuto and Occitan ajuda.


właśnie

Inherited from Old Polish właśnie. By surface analysis, własny + -ie.


проклятие

прокля́тие (canonical)
prokljátije (romanization)

Ru-проклятие.ogg

dammit!, damnation! (expressing strong negative emotions)


strzała

Inherited from Old Polish strzała, from Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”). Cognate with Czech střela (“projectile”), Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow”), English streal (“arrow”), German Strahl (“beam, ray”).


בתיאבון

he-interj

בתיאבון / בְּתֵאָבוֹן • (b'te'avón)

בְּתֵאָבוֹן (canonical)
b'te'avón (romanization)

Root
 ת־א־ב (t-ʾ-b)
From ב־ (b'-, “in, with”) + תיאבון \ תֵּאָבוֹן (te'avón, “appetite”); hence literally “with appetite”.

af

תיאבון \ תֵּאָבוֹן


ສະບາຍດີ

lo-interj

ສະບາຍດີ • (sa bāi dī)


niks

From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nix, nichts.


niks

From Low German niks (“nothing”) and German nichts.


adjø

From French adieu, from à Dieu (“to God”), in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Norwegian Bokmål adjø. Compare Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu.

Jeg blir desværre nødt til at gå nu", sagde hun,- adjø. (from Månen over Bella Bio by Bjarne Reuter)

Unfortunately, I must go now", she said,- farewell.


adjø

From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjøs and adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.

Adjø, da!

Adjø så lenge.


adjø

From French adieu, from à Dieu, "to God", in the sense "may God be with you." Same origin as Swedish adjö and Danish adjø. Compare Spanish adiós.

Adjø, då!

Adjø så lenge.


c u l8r

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative spelling of cul8r.


shiver me timbers

shiver my timbers
shiver my timbers#English