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"sense": "crazy person",
"word": "toka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crazy person",
"word": "tok"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crazy person",
"word": "galning"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crazy person",
"word": "knäppgök"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "homosexual",
"word": "hintti"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwuchtel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boiola"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "viado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gómik",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́мик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pédik",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"offensive"
],
"word": "пе́дик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pidorás",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"offensive"
],
"word": "пидора́с"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pídor",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"offensive"
],
"word": "пи́дор"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "homosexual",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bög"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"fruitcake"
],
"word": "fruitcake"
}
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