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kurdebalans

//kur.dɛˈba.lans//
Polishintjnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    datedhumorousvulgargeneric swear word; dagnabbit, son of a gun
    • Wołałem, kurdebalans, za wami, chciałem was zatrzymać, dusiłem guzik, ale winda nie przyjeżdżała.

      I called for you, dagnabbit, I wanted to stop you, I was pressing the button, but the elevator didn't come.

    • Ani mi się śni, kurdebalans! Co to za metody ? – oburzył się Stary George.

      "No I don't have that dream, dagnabbit! What kind of methods are these?" Old George said getting angry.

    • Popieprzsolić, kur-czysyn, napier-papier. Mój ojczym tak mówił, kiedy stałam gdzieś w okolicy. Najbardziej lubił „kurdebalans”. „Kurdebalans, Mercedes, gdyby głupota była lżejsza od powietrza, latałabyś jak gołębica”.

      “ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al-musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH. My foster father used to say those around me all the time. He was an old-fashioned sort of wolf, too. He especially liked Stoneofapeach. ‘Stoneofapeach, Mercedes. You don't have the sense God gave little apples.’”

  2. 2.
    datedderogatoryvulgarson of a gun (contemptible person)
    • […], ty przykry typie, ty nygusie, ty bumelancie, ty akselbancie, ty kurdebalansie, […]

      […] you sorry sod, you layabout, you shirker, you jerk, you son of a gun, […]

    • O pieniądzach na rozwój galerii, owszem, o hojnym mecenasie, owszem, ale przecież nie o takich dwóch „kurdebalansach”!

      About money for developing the gallery, of course, about a generous lawyer, of course, but of course not about two sons of guns!

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French cœur de balance, a corruption of French son cœur balance, intended as a minced oath for kurwa. Compare similarly derived kurdemol.

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