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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)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@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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[–] BOB_DROP_TABLES@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. Does "mongoloid" on its own mean someone of low intelligence? We have mongoloide in Brazil with that meaning. More often used as a way to call a friend silly instead of an actual insult, but can be used as one too.

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

It's an old derogatory word for someone with Down's Syndrome.

Now in combination with other words it's mostly used about people with a lower intellect than others. Like bad car drivers.

Mongoloid or mongo on it's own is not used as it's still bad.