Dupa - what a beautiful Polish word

To invent something that has no basis in fact?

To take a wild guess at something and actually be correct.

Both of you guessed well but Polo, your actually be correct isn`t a fully correct guess. When you pull sth out of the ass, it is usually fabricated.

Well then you obviously don't know how the expression has sometimes been used in English. Too advanced for you but that's okay.

Anyway, I came across this old Polish health care advertisement,



and was inspired to create one in honor of you, this thread's topic, and your many contributions to PolishForums since 2008!

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But my linguistic riddles always pertain to Polish meanings! What is wrong with you???


Wow,. such amasing endeavour on your part! Thanks. I am impressed. hahahahaha


Of which I am so proud except a few posts. :):):)

Aren't you the self-proclaimed linguist who claims to teach English?

If the questions and answers are in English then you should be aware there can be alternative meanings of expressions in English.

Just admit that you didn't know.

I can`t admit it coz my language riddles are always based on Polish meanings even though I directly translate them into English. HA!!!!!


Yes, I am this and many more than that. Simply speaking, I am a genius monkey. Why??? :):):)

We already have one genius on this forum. That's enough.

He`s a fake. Complete hoax. Humbug grown on Russian .chemical warfare agent called novichok.

What does it mean: to shake one`s ass/asses???

Nobody? Amasing! It seems some Polish idioms of my youth are slowly falling into oblivion. Hurry to love your idioms cos they leave so fast. :(:(:(:

You are special being one of the few remaining living communists in Poland. But like the Neanderthals your kind will be extinct in a couple more decades.




To hurry up and do something.

Yes, I know. Thanks. :):):)


Sorry, no.

Here is the hint - the idiom is uttered at the very beggining of this Polish film about the rise of Solidarity in 1980. Directed by Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda. The movie awarded at Cannes Festival.

Sorry, only in Polish.

The Man of Iron:

Trząść dupą - bać się/to be afraid

Yes, exactly!
Better late than never. :):):)

You did a terrible job translating this into English.

"Why are you shaking your ass like that?" and "Why is your ass shaking like that?" have entirely different meanings.

The first one (which you used) connotes a person is behaving in a manner which may be inappropriate but deliberate (i.e., dancing or moving in a licentious manner).

The second implies a person has no control over how they are physically responding to an uncomfortable underlying issue (i.e, being nervous).


Do a better job next time. :)

I try not teaching him our slang. Its more fun sending him on a fools errand for him to try and figure it through google.

Hes my experiential lab monkey..

What if they " shake your ass down"??? Boy, you have homework to do tonight!

No, he didn't. It was obvious.

You were thinking about:
Move your ass.

He's a trzesiportka.

Trzęsiportek. :):):)


My translation was accurate. You shouldn`t blame others for your poor command of Polish. Ha!!!


Your command of Polish is poor to such an extent that you even weren`t able to google the correct meaning coz you had no idea how to do it. AmaSSing!!

pl.glosbe.com/pl/pl/trz%C4%85%C5%9B%C4%87%20dup%C4%85

No, Trzęsiportka. I was using the feminine form since he wears voluminous ladies portki like the ciamciaramcia that he is.


Non-existent like his CV love life .

Though not his juvenile rap sheet.

:):):) I see.

A few quarters ago I have recalled another idiom which I last heard in 1990s. Your dupa has grown/increased/developed. What does it mean???

Has this got anything to do with going downhill? To be in a worse condition?

Sorry, utterly no! But you are very close!!! Try again!

Hint - when people`s asses enlarge, what is the reason for it? And what is the reason for that first reason?

One more dupa idiom: to break sth on the edge of the ass What does it mean?

Now you are confronted with 2 riddles. .

Greed or lack of self-control?


Saying that something is no good for anything, useless, a waste of time?

Well done. Quite impressive :)

Sorry, no. Now you are thinking like a Brit who was born and raised in a comfy setting with mild weather conditions, rich colonies, developed industry, etc etc . Can you reason like a Poless or Pole for a while??? You know, Poland as a God`s Playground by Norman Davies, surrounded by Germans, Russians, Tatars, Turks, Swedes and other warlike nations etc etc .

So, what does it mean that somebody`s ass develops/gets bigger/increases/enlarges in the Polish context????


Yes! Today I heard a song by Kazik with this phrase

youtube.com/watch?v=1CPT4uw7nwo