Polish Swear Words

@Polish delight
To talk rubbish.

It has more than one meaning - it depends on the context.

For example, it can mean to talk nonsense or to bullsh1t someone: "Pierniczysz!" ("You talk nonsense!" or "You're bullsh1tting!").

An exclamation "Ja pierniczę!" means something like: "Holy moly!"

You could say it's a mild version of "pieprzyć" and "pierdolić", so you can use it as a substitute if you don't want to sound too vulgar.

These "culinary" curses have the same value. "Pierdolić" is stronger.

@Alien, my impression is that "pierniczyć" is milder than "pieprzyć" and "pierdolić" is, of course, the strongest. Still, "pierniczyć" isn't something to be used in every setting.

Essentially yes.

It's about words they sound like.

Nothing else.

The word piernicze! is on a shirt I bought in Tulum with a picture of a part eaten ginger bread cookie. Does that make a difference in the meaning?

No. More playing with the word which derives from piernik, meaning gingerbread.

What about piedziele / ja pierdzielę?

Where does it slot in?

Piernik sounds like it so it's a play on words like kurcze or saying flipping instead of *******.

I don't know how to put it, but it sounds worse to me than "pierniczyć". Probably because it sounds similar to "pierdzieć" ("to fart" lol). It's maybe a bit stronger than "pierniczę", not more vulgar though, it's just less "elegant", if you can say that about such words lol I somehow associate it with less educated, coarser people. But "pierdolę" is still worse than "pierdzielę".


For me it looks like this:

pierniczę - piernik (gingerbread)
pierdzielę - pierdzieć (to fart)
pieprzę - pieprz (pepper)
pierdolę - pierd (a very colloquial word for "a fart")

There is still "fanzolić", which probably comes from beans (fasola).

Yes, and doubtless new ones created every day and many used by just one person. I used to work with a lady who used the word "pizdreczka" quite often. If she was speaking English, she'd say thingummyjig.

The beauty of language is that you can make new words up all the time and they're as valid as any in a dictionary.

NB. With an r. Not pizdeczka.

This one sounds funny :), but I doubt it's being used outside of Silesia (we don't use it where I live):

zory.com.pl/i,top-10-najdziwniejszych-slow-w-gwarze-slaskiej,100,929647.html

And yes, it comes from Silesian word for "beans" :)

Overthinking it a bit, and of course different words are used by different people in different ways.

I wonder what the next new swear word will be in Polish. It could be fun to make one here.

What do you mean by that? I just wrote what those words sound similar to for me and what their linguistic root is likely to come from in my opinion.


I suppose, but the words we're discussing right now (pierniczę, pierdzielę, pieprzę, pierdolę, fanzolę, fandzolę) have a pretty established use already.

I see, jon357, that you want to start an argument with me over Polish language this time :))) God knows why.

Calm down!

So how about a nice new Polish swearword that we can create.

Stop behaving like an ass :)


Knock yourself out.

Relax.

Not everyone posts here to argue, and it doesn't matter to the world as a whole or to the gods in their heaven that you're often wrong about things, It's not an issue and you're forgiven.


Not Polish-sounding enough and not great in English.

I'll think about one this week and consult a philologist.

Yes..
All of them mean talking nonsense. The strongest of all is pierdolić which also meant fekking in old fashioned use..

You seem to right now.


Listen, jon357, it was you who was wrong that "pierdzielę" comes from "piernik". I corrected you in the most delicate way I could and I see that it was enough for you anyway to start behaving like an ass again. I see this is a pattern with you and so I'm guessing it's unlikely to change. Pity.


This is what I meant:

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=knock%20yourself%20out

How quaint.

Just calm down and relax.


Not a good website.

Much better to create one that is understood in Polish, despite being a whole new word.

Indeed. Why would you have a problem with a native speaker of Polish correcting your mistake? Just calm down and relax, jon357 :)))


Great website for colloquial speech :)


"Knock yourself out" wasn't my proposition for a new Polish swearword, of course. It is an American expression, from what I understand, and it means "Go for it". And that's what I meant: "If you want to create a new Polish swearword then knock yourself out (go for it)". Do you understand now? :)

Calm down.

Not that there was a mistake to correct. Just an opinion, and those aren't for 'correcting'.


More interesting than great. Some of the definitions are flawed and some are inserted by users with political agendas.

I disagree, people can be wrong in their opinions too and I have a right to disagree with someone's opinion. It's obvious that "pierdzielę" doesn't come from "piernik". It's more likely that "pierniczyć" comes from "piernik", that's all.


Well, it often comes up if I want to check some slang phrases so it seems useful to me.

But what's your point exactly? According to you the expression "knock yourself out" is never used in the English language in the way it's presented in that Urban Dictionary?

If it's their opinion it's their opinion, and subjective. Something others shouldn't attempt to control, however much they may have their own divergent opinion. To be otherwise is essentially a particularly pedantic iteration of doryphoria.


I've looked at it too and found it to be at best mixed. A more useful way seems to be looking up a whole phrase. The only time that website is useful is if there are several user definitions and you can double check elsewhere online, though it's always best to ask someone with veins rather than cables.

They can, of course.


Jesus, jon357... We can, however, disagree with opinions of others. Get over it.


I've heard this expression used in this way many times in American films and TV series. There's info about this also in other places, not only in that Urban Dictionary.

People often call me their saviour however I tend to demur from usurping the name of the second person of the Trinity. On Wednesdays, anyway.


Indeed we can, however it seldom behooves us to aver that in social intercourse.


Good for you, however we're drifting away from the subject of Polish swear words.

What about the word "klota"? A friend uses it quite a lot.

Without looking at Urban dictionary (valuable at times though there's some very weird stuff there)....

"knock yourself out" means 'go for it' (śmiało?) but also has a second part that isn't spoken, the second part of the meaning is "I think it's a dumb idea" and/or "leave me out of it"

My proposition for a Polish swear word

real word to be retooled for swearing: cążki (Uciekł mi autobus.... cążki!)

second choice: halama, name but it sounds vaguely ominous... (Mogę dwpaść? Lepiej nie... halama u mnie)

I thought of a made-up word.... lutra

Słyszałeś? Magda ma nowego chłopaka

To czwarty w tym roku... co za lutra!

But apparently it already exists....

I've never heard of a "lutra" before... 🤔 What does it mean?


Yes, that was what I wanted to convey, but today I actually came up with an idea lol
So, there's this word "pindol" which is a slang (and a rather funny) word for a penis. From this another word from the "pierniczyć" family could be derived: "pindolić". It doesn't look like this form made it to dictionaries yet, but it seems to be used sometimes in this way:



So, I thought of a word for a quickie - "pindolino" lol:

"Mam ochotę na pindolino." (I feel like having a quickie).

derived from luter (Luther?)

miejski.pl/slowo-Pyta+Lutra#26776

I have to say I've never heard it that I noticed....