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What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English? (lemmy.ml)

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Ill start:

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

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[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In Denmark you have:

Paragraph Knight - someone who cares too much about rules and regulations.
Fly Fucker - someone who cares too much about something deeply insignificant.

[–] neat_klingon@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

In German there is "Paragraphenreiter" - Paragraph rider.

[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have "enculeur de mouches" in French, which translates to "fly ass-fucker" haha.

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And the Dutch have mierenneuker, lit. ant fucker.