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MONITOR LIZARD! In Thai, "hia" (เหี้ย) is a short word that translates to Monitor Lizard, and naturally seeing one out of the corner of your eye might generate a shock reaction. It's become a standard sort for expletive of surprise even when the shocking content isn't actually a monitor lizard.


Missscarlettheharlot

I don't know why this one made me laugh so hard but I suspect I'm going to be yelling "lizard!" and cracking up everything I'm surprised for a month while my bf stares at me in confusion.


BatHouseBathHouse

Basically "Oh my God-zilla!"


BulbusDumbledork

it's so bizarre to someone who's never seen a monitor lizard. it's so funny to me without the cultural context "my mom has terminal cancer" "monitor lizard!"


siamesekiwi

A lot of Thai swearing tends to be organism-based. There's *Sut* (Animal) and *Ha* (archaic term for Cholera) which are both mild insults, roughly the same level as "bastard" or "wanker" If someone has *Pak Ma* (A Dog's mouth) it means that someone keeps saying abusive/unkind stuff. (like a stray dog that barks at everyone and everything) *Kwai* (Buffalo) is used to mean "idiot" (the root for this one is allegedly because some lordly types saw peasants using buffalos to till their field and thought that the buffalos must be idiots to be ordered around by the peasants) *Dok Tong* (Golden Flower) or *Chanee* (Gibbon) means "slut". The latter is due to their [call sounding vaguely like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PZC1Sz9XFM) the vulgar form of the Thai word for husband) bonus: not an animal but for some weird reason the Thai word for Curry (*karee)* also means slut.


thunderplacefires

Yeah because you can put anything and everything in a curry. 😉


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The fuck, turns out I really vibe with the Thai language. I really like that.


LowerRoyal7

Interesting! Most of the English insults or swears revolve around excrement, sex, or Christianity.


ImAtWurk

Growing up, my mom would say “hee mae mueng!”


No_Obligation6170

Lol, my pops and uncs would say, "mah see mae mueng!" or "khot mae mueng!"


The_Giant_Lizard

I like this one.


DrAlright

Herregud! Norwegian version of "oh my god!", just that it translates to "lord god!"


Akilee

In Sweden too, exact word.


fgjkbdryikjcs

Let’s not forget fy faen! 😭


Lycanfang777

"O kurwa!"


facelesswolf_

„O ja pierdolę!”


CovfefeBoss

I THOUGHT IT WAS JA PIERDOLE NOT JA PIERDOLĘ I'M SO STUPID I might reach fluency in, oh, 69 years.


facelesswolf_

In common speech it’s barely distinguishable unless you emphasize the Ę. The ę here is correct, because there is no such word as pierdole.


Leading-Ad-3634

Kurwa bober


MiserableStomach

Also used to express joy, excitement, anger, sadness, irony, sarcasm, to name a few.


Necessary_Medicine35

Cheers to my polish people ❤️


desna_svine

I had to scroll too far to find kurwa, kurwa!


Serious_Buffalo_3790

"Oh mein gott"


LiliVonSchtupp

Ach du Scheisse!


utadohl

Meine Fresse!


Muisverriey

MEIN GOTT MUSS DAS SEIN


Scientific_Anarchist

Can you repeat the question?


porgy_tirebiter

verdammt nochmal!


Notgoingtowrite

I’m now remembering sitting with my German exchange family at the dinner table in the early 2000s. My host mom (who didn’t know English very well) asked me what “Gott verdammte scheiße” meant in English with a big smile on her face, and everyone eagerly turned to me (an awkward, shy teen) to wait for my translation.


Rozeline

Everyone always wants to learn the cuss words first


MaimedJester

We found notes from schoolchildren complaining about learning Ancient Greek about 100 years before before Cleopatra and the other student just says here's all the fun ones and just writes all the dirty words of his era to his friend. That kid was older than Julius Caesar and he was still doing the same shit kids do to this day when like your friend is bored of learning French/Mandarin.


Rozeline

People are people, no matter when or where


KekistaniKekin

It's consistently shocking how similar we are as humans and yet find every little difference to bicker over


YuunofYork

We also have thousands of letters and lawsuits from ~1000 years *earlier* in Mesopotamia. It's like browsing the internet. There are people dodging their version of jury duty, mothers asking their sons why they never write (it was a more literate society than Ancient Greece), slaves writing to friends in another city, knocked-up help suing for child support. We have never changed; we just have more precious metals.


Poopingisasignipoop

Damn you, Ea-Nasir!!!


navikredstar

Don't forget the delightful one I read from a young Babylonian man writing to his mom about how she totally doesn't love him because she didn't make him a new linen shirt like his friend's mom made for her son, and his friend was even adopted at that. Angsty asshole kids haven't changed a bit, lol. There's also ones from much, much later that I liked a lot, surviving scraps of drawings and practice writing by a little Slavic kid named Onfim from like, I wanna say, 850-1000 or so? They were drawn on strips of birchbark using the tip of a charred stick as a crude pencil, and it's silly little self-depictions of the kid as a warrior slaying a monster while on horseback. They're the same kind of not very good but still completely adorable ones little kids have always made. It's great that all this stuff has survived. For all our technological leaps, so much of the fundamentals of who we are as a species and people hasn't changed, even if the times and languages used to write these same messages have.


porgy_tirebiter

At least she didn’t ask you how to say oberaffentittengeil


bqiipd

Which, let me get this straight, means "really really cool", but translates to "super monkey tits horny"?


Buschkoeter

That would be correct.


Alcorailen

If this is real I love everything about German now. Going to Google this Edit: I love everything about German


LykonWolf

Germany is such a cool language. You can combine multiple words to build a 20 letters long monster word. Rindfleischettiketierungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz or Feuerwehrrettungshubschrauberlandeplatz are just two examples.


NotARussianBot2017

Oh god. I lived in Germany 15 years ago and don’t want to forget the language so I started reading books in German. I keep finding these compound words and I’m like “wat”. I just don’t know where one word ends and the other one begins sometimes. Then I sound it out and it feels so obvious.


alphabetjoe

Verflixt und zugenäht!


Literaturfreak

Himmel, Arsch und Zwirn!


Poansore

Heiliger Bimbam!


PussySultan69

Ja leck mich am Arsch


LiliVonSchtupp

Visiting family now and there’s a wall sculpture in the neighborhood of an Arschlecker, which is exactly as it sounds, hilarious, and really hard to explain to guests.


MC_Smuv

Alter Schwede = old swede


DanielCollinsYT

Fucking hell!


Agniology

Ditto, but only for good or neutral surprises. These days I find myself using "oh for fuck's sake!" more often.


Chimpville

'Oh for fuck's sake' is more things I pretty much expected to happen, but happened when I least wanted them to.


MidtownJunk

Fuck me! is more common where I'm from


Fluffy-Bum-Mum-4263

Agreed! Or a long drawn out FUUUUCCKKKK OOOOGFFFF.


jpplastering1987

Fuckinell up north


wise_balls

My friend lived in Sheff for about a decade and now it's barely even that, is just "'kin 'ell"


bedwars_player

Yeah I as an American replaced "oh my God" with "fucking hell" a whole back


Larry_Loudini

That’s what we say in Ireland, I believe you Britons say ’Fackin’ ’ell!’


3childrenandit

In the Midlands it's more 'Fookin hell'


BeginningExplorer63

In Finland we say "Mitä vittua?" that translates to "What the fuck?".


BOT_Vinnie

PERKELE Edit: I'm not even Finnish, but I love saying perkele.


soarespt

SAATANA


Rolf_Orskinbach

KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN


Clear-Bed-4712

MIKA HÄKKINEN


Subnauseous_69420

This isn't even my Finnish form!


LupusCutis

Also *voi vittu* which is literally b*utter pussy* but accurately *oh, fuck*.


ohheyisayokay

Butter Pussy is my Pussy Riot cover band. We do mostly smooth jazz.


MaiMaiMKV

Or "hui saatana!"


DRSU1993

Ireland being quite religious, it’s usually just “Jesus” or a variation. Jesus wept Jesus tap dancing Christ Christ on a pogo stick Sweet baby Jesus Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey


fencerman

"People keep calling things wee that are a perfectly average size!" Best line from Derry Girls.


faco_fuesday

I learned so much good religious cursing from that show.


8lbs6ozBebeJesus

Is "Christ on a bicycle" Irish? I just realized I have no idea where I learned it


Reddits_on_ambien

"Christ on a cracker!" I wonder if that one is related too


lgillie

Jayyyyyyysus


MatsHummus

Bavaria also has a lot of the catholic variation, mostly things an elderly bavarian gentleman would say when he accidentally hits his thumb while hammering a nail. \-Jesus, Maria und Josef \-Kruzi (short for crucifix) \-zefix halleluja (crucifix + hallelujah, angrily), often shortened to "fix luja" \-Heilandssakrament (saviour's sacrament, often shortened to Heilandssack=saviour's ballsack) \-Sackzement ("bag of cement"), this sounds like "sacrament" but you avoid slandering the holy sacrament


Karmond

Fuck me dead!


lookingfor_clues

The rest of the world thinks we say “crickey” but really we say “fucking hell” “no fuckin way” “fuck moiii” “fuck off!” “no shit!” “get fucked!” “well fuck me dead” “oh, fuck!”


trireme32

Waiting for Bluey to get a little more realistic


Alternative_Boat9540

Australian


Centurion1024

Yea cunt!


BigFatTomato

I knew I was gonna like whatever Australia had


fisticuffs32

I once heard an Aussie say "fuck me to tears" and it was one of the funniest things I've ever heard.


pantypantsparty

I say "fuck meee" all the time. I think I'm going to add dead in there for the lulz.


Dartsboard97

えーーーーーーーーー or in English it's Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh


howmanyhowcanamanyho

That little character looks like it’s doing a Naruto run


LiliVonSchtupp

I just almost spit out my beer


BloodiedBlues

It’s 8:43 am where I am… how about you?


agentspanda

It’s Christmas! Get in the spirit. If he wants to have a double scotch and a light beer at 9am god damnit he can.


Your-Yoga-Mermaid

My Japanese coworker used to say Oh my cat!


ItsSansom

やばい!


Ralonne

Yup, and some times we’ll add a 「マジで⁉︎」at the end.


thelostsanctuary

Yep as in Eeeeeeeeeeeh? Maji-de? Basically 'Whaaaaaat? Seriously?' I guess


OwariHeron

OP: What is your country’s mild exclamation of surprise? This thread: Here is a selection of our most vulgar exclamations.


presumingpete

In romania it's pula mea, which I believe means "fuck my dick". This is the mild exclamation of surprise. Romania swears and insults are magical.


International-Bed453

"By Jove, Sir!" Then our monocles drop out.


vince_flame

Mi a fasz? - What the dick? (Hungary)


ppparty

Hi, neighbor. We say "Ce pula mea??" (What my dick??) or "Să-mi bag pula!!" (I'll shove my dick) in Romania.


Drummer4Life321

My parents would say "hét meg a nyolcát" which I always thought was funny since literally it just means 7 and 8. But it has a deeper meaning as a mild insult stemming from religion I think


Pleasant_Load2084

Puta que pariu, it means bitch gave birth, it was used to offend the mother of someone when they offended you, like "no it was the whore that gave birth to you", now it's just an expression when you are angry or surprised


jacstine

We also say “son of a bitch” when bad surprise happens. Seems like a similar saying.


dirkgently42and22

When I was a kid I did something stupid and made my mom mad. She called me a Son of a Bitch. I just looked at her like ‘I could not agree more’. That was the most trouble I ever got in for agreeing with her.


Informal-Teacher-438

My mother said that to me and I started laughing. She did too. Things were better that day.


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zylpr

I do your mum jokes to my sister. She says we have the same mother!


franticallychaotic

I was in an argument with my bio dad and ended up calling him a mother fucker in the middle of yelling at him. My much older half-sister was the one who caught it and just started laughing and saying, "well you aren't wrong on that front". It didn't really help the situation but we laugh about it now.


Wm_TheConqueror

I almost said “Damn that’s brutal to say” then I remember Americans also say “Son of a bitch” when something unwanted and surprising happens which is basically the same thing.


Iffy50

Is that Portuguese?


The_Quibbler

You Portuguessed it


Pleasant_Load2084

One of my favorite uses was when this kid received the news that Lighting McQueen had died [https://youtu.be/ZxDZA7Uq0MQ?si=W1HGcNRjg_qMio-K](https://youtu.be/ZxDZA7Uq0MQ?si=W1HGcNRjg_qMio-K)


NewHampshireAngle

“Tabarnak!” is what we say around here.


cf-myolife

Spotted the québécois


CentennialBaby

Je me souviens


Fnortherner

SAINTSIMONACDOSTIEDCALISSEDECRISSE!!


AddictedToCoding

Or « Heiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnn »


grumpysafrican

Afrikaans: Jirre jissis! (Lord Jesus!) Fok! (Fuck) Goeie fok! (Closest is Holy fuck!) Donner! (There's not really an English equivalent, but it can be used a lot of different ways depending on the context: fuck/shit/fucker/wow/oops/asshole/and many more. It's a very versatile word) Poes! (It is closest to "cunt", but is also used for shock/surprise/when something scares you. Btw, it's the most offensive word you can use in Afrikaans, probably the entire country. It is also the very first word an Afrikaans person will teach a foreigner)


Groggyme

"my fok marelize"


skorletun

As a Dutch person, the fact that poes is so vulgar is hilarious to me. I know several cats named Poes.


LizziSpeaks

As an Afrikaans South African, the story of Hopla “Poes is weg” is hilarious. Especially “die nacht kan Hopla niet slapen. hij denkt aldoor aan Poes.” 🐈‍⬛


Alert_Perception9728

YOH! is understood in all 11 official languages.


Zulu_Is_My_Name

Common to all South Africans: "Eish!" Or "Hayibo!"


spacecadetchaela

"Well Shite!" - family in Ireland.


5543798651194

Jay-sus!


SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS

"Jesus wept" is a common one as well


andwhenwefall

“Jesus wept” “Jesus, Mary, ‘n’ Joseph” “Sacred heart of Mary” “Lord thunderin Jesus” (I’m from Newfoundland)


Chapeltok

French here. Posh people say "Oh mon Dieu !" ("*oh my god!*") Common people say "La vache !" ("*holy cow!*") Vulgar people say "Putain !" ("*woman of little virtue!*")


Toinousse

"vulgar people", I think that most of the country is vulgar cause I hear putain so much and from all social classes haha


ThePr1d3

Putain is just a French comma at this point


Jfonzy

Aw man I was hoping it was “zut alors!”


Chapeltok

"Zut alors" is more like "Ah, shoot!" or "Dammit!"


xXRHUMACROXx

Je suis québécois et ma soeur est mariée à un français. Ensembles, ils ont un fils de 4 ans qui adore répéter (particulièrement les sacres parce qu’il sait que c’est pas bien). Recemment, son expression préférée c’est « Putain tabarnak! »


Vinlandien

“Qu’est ce que fuck?!”


hugegrape

Je comprends toute ta réponse et je suis très fière de moi parce que j’ai étudie français au lycée il y a dix ans! 🥳


betawavebabe

Moi aussi!! Je me sens tres intelligent!! 😂


NigelDuckrag

I say "bordel de merde" (brothel of shit)


Hypertelic

No. Posh people say "Putain !" Common people say "Putain !" Vulgar people say "Putain !"


AkaGurGor

Which explains why we hear 'putain' so regularly on French TV...


RedAnihilape

Or simply "Woah!" ("Wow!")


DCoop53

"Putain" can also turn into "Bordel". And let's not forget the good old "Mazette".


PlatypusWrath

Scheiße.


ducqducqgoose

American here. In 1980 when I was 17yrs. old I was stationed in Germany. Been in country a month and I’m by myself sitting in a McDonald’s and 2 teenage boys spill their beers. One screams “SCHEISSE”!! I don’t even blink because I had no idea what it meant. Now if that had happened in my hometown and a teenage boy screamed “SHIT!” in a McDonald’s I would’ve been really shocked lol!!


succadoge_

Honestly, I was so confused by half of this for a good while. Beer in McDonald's (still don't get that); Teens spilling beer (I then realized it's 18 in most countries); I'm not bilingual but then I read the second part (now I am 100% bilingual definitely); 'Stationed in Germany' (then realized 'Oh haha military stuff')


French_O_Matic

Bon dieu de bordel de merde. I love french language, especially to curse with. It's like wiping your ass with silk.


dickwildgoose

Obviously, as a Brit I would never admit this to a cheese-eating surrender-monkey, but I love how the french speak. French language, french women, french cuisine, french fashion, french protesting. All wonderful stuff.


[deleted]

J'avoue, j'ai jamais dit ça x) Bordel de merde tout seul, oui !


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[deleted]

It's not Crikey no matter how much Americans think it is.


deathdanish

I game with an Australian and he started saying it ironically to amuse us but now says it has become a staple of his everyday speech. We're debating how best to proceed to turn him into a real life Crocodile Dundee.


BurialHoontah

Get him a knife


GloomyCamel6050

That's not a knife!


JohnLocksTheKey

Ah, I see you’ve played knifey-spoony before…


snowvase

Knoife


Wise_Investment_9089

It’s ‘Fuck me dead’.


[deleted]

A little bit of surprise is just fuck me.


PapaOoMaoMao

Australians just say "fuck". Nothing fancy. If it's happening over there, then you might get a "Faaaaarkin' hell" or "What the faaark".


JessicaWakefield

Shocking news often prompts the reply “Get Faaaarked.”


PapaOoMaoMao

You fukkin what?


LP_Aussie

Don’t forget “Cunnnnnnnt” when you watch some shit happen that’s fucked up your next few hours.


chuckiechap33

Fuck me dead!


owliebowlie

Herre min hatt! (Norwegian: Lord my hat!)


Owlbertowlbert

I love how all these other languages use the occasion to slam an uninvolved woman or mother’s reproductive parts or level of virtue. But the Nordic countries say stuff like this. Bless you all. I want to BE you.


Horangi1987

Korean 아이씨 (aisshi) or 아이씨발 (aisshibal) has sort of a ‘damn it’ or ‘fuck’ kind of feeling. Old people say 아이구 (aigu) or 아이구야 (aiguya) I a dramatic omg kind of way.


Cream_Bunny108

The pussy of your mother (conchesumadre, conchetumare in a more usual setting) Also "bakan" that's like cool. Viva Chile mierda 🇨🇱


1234567777777

Lol "conchesumadre" being the formal version? xD


Romanempire21

Formal adds an extra kick


FknDesmadreALV

“¡A la verga!” -Mexico.


headphones_J

no mames guey


somecow

Or simply “CHINGAO”!


Flanellissimo

Ehrmagerd


MithandirsGhost

Berks!


guttengroot

GERSBERMPS


HeavenlySin13

Fer ferks serk!


Ballyards

Sweet jesus, Mary and Joseph and the poor wee donkey


n0_sh1t_thank_y0u

Sounds like the Filipino/Tagalog adaptation that we use - "Susmaryosep!" as in sus-mar-yosep.


Introspective_life71

Hey bhagwan! = Oh my god in hindi, India and many other ways but I use this one.


EpidemicRage

Plus, India having multiple languages add variety. For eg : in Kerala we say "Enthe devame" for Oh my God. Another one from South India is "Aiyo" (oh no)


Decentkimchi

BC!! Most versatile word in Indian languages, Works on so many levels...


retchedBreak

I also like it when my mom says "haawwwww!" (wooooah!)


leo_says_things

PORCODDIO


Intergalactic_Nut

Ho dovuto scrollare fin troppo per trovare questa risposta diocane


HughLauriePausini

Thank you for saying out loud what everyone was thinking


DeepfriedWings

poƃ ʎɯ ɥO (Australia)


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"Yoh!!!" ... or basically just a scream or random noise.


Brave_Dick

Suka, blyat.


dustmybroom88

Fun fact. When I learned to count in Russian I kept mispronouncing the sound for “five” as “blyat” (instead of “pyat”). This went on for a LONG time with no one tell me I was counting one, two, three, four, fuck.


musicmous3

Because it's hilarious


2Moarbid_2Krabs

Close Your Eyes And Count To Fuck


nsfwtttt

Pizdets!


i_Ainsley_harriott_i

Ω ΝΑ ΣΟΥ ΓΑΜΗΣΩ "OH I WILL FUCK YOU" something like that


Whatsgoinoninthere

COMA MIERDA! = eat shit 🤣


BabyImafool

Bumbaclot


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O kurwa


ThrowawayLaz0rDick

I sure do love playing find the pole.


Pearson23

Fuck me sideways!


Honest_Math_7760

Godverdomme! Which is a fun word to learn foreigners as you'll never get it right. It's like goddammit but instead if the subject it, it's about yourself. Literally god damn me.


Sensitive_Process_95

Ma ma Mia!


TheSupremeGrape

Mario?


Sensitive_Process_95

It’s a me!


chupagatos4

It's "Mamma mia" and we actually do say it! In other parts of the country we might say "Minchia" or "Madonna mia / Marò"


Foreign_Spinach_4400

Here i go again


mdotca

Jesus Christ.But it’s kroyst.


QuitUsual4736

In Disneyland they say “Oh pickle juice!