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My Favourite Polish Idioms

My Favourite Polish Idioms

Category: Everyday life

Pała

Lit. “a (big) baton/truncheon” (augmentative) has multiple secondary meanings in Polish. Therefore, this post will be a little bit longer than my dear readers are used to. There will be a set of examples for each of the meanings.

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Posted on 19 September 20237 September 2023Categories Body, Everyday life, SexLeave a comment on Pała

Janusz

Meaning:

Janusz is a given name that used to be quite popular until the 90s or so. Now it’s probably one of least popular since it’s become a synonym for a typical Polish lower class guy who represents everything aspiring Poles hate and feel ashamed of.

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Posted on 14 September 202324 August 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Janusz

Bombelki

Meaning:

Lit. “bobbles” – an intentional corruption of the “bąbelki” – “bubbles”. The original word used to be a friendly way to talk about kids, but turned to be a sarcastic way to address little spoiled parasites who don’t take “no” for an answer and terrorize their parents (as well as any other people around).

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Posted on 8 September 202322 August 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Bombelki

Pierdyliard

Meaning:

Lit. “fartillion” stands for a very high number in non/official Polish. It is used to stress the fact that the number you don’t precisely know is a very, very big one. One with multiple zeros at the end.

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Posted on 2 September 202322 August 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Pierdyliard

Siedzieć po turecku

Meaning:

Lit. “to sit Turkish style” which means: on the floor, cross-legged. This is mostly practised by children in Polish kindergartens and they hear and use the expression the most.

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Posted on 28 August 20236 August 2023Categories Everyday lifeLeave a comment on Siedzieć po turecku

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