Meaning:
This acronym stands for: Oddział Intensywnej Opieki Medycznej – which is a part of a hospital where patients with a direct threat to their life/in a critical state are treated. An intensive care unit.
Category: Everyday life
Ofiara losu
Meaning:
Lit. “a victim of fate”. This is how unsuccessful, inept and clumsy people are called. A person who is unable to manage his/her own life, who takes wrong decisions all the time deserves this epithet.
Ciemnogród
Meaning:
Lit. “a darkville”. Used to ridicule provincial towns and villages for their backwardness and stress your own progressiveness. Especially if they oppose you in a matter you consider vital for a progress of some kind.
Foliarz
Meaning:
Lit. “a foilman” is a proponent of what the media call “conspiracy theories” – a guy wearing a tin foil hat to protect himself from mind control or electromagnetic waves.
Beka
Meaning:
Lit. “a (big) barrel” which younger generations of Poles use to describe a situation in which you can laugh your ass off but also an act of mocking, ridiculing someone and having fun in the process. Used with the verb “mieć” – “to have” or “robić” – “to make”.