Questions tagged [мат]

Мат is a set of swearing, curse, bad words, profanity.

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Which is correct "нахуй" or "на хуй"?

I've seen many Russians write "на хуй" separately, or "нахуй" as one word, although I'm 99 % sure it should be written separately. Why is it so often written as one word? (Because the stress on на confuses them?) And is the spelling with a space the…
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Are there any sentence constructions to avoid when talking about the ingredient horseradish?

When translating a list of ingredients into Russian, I inadvertently discovered that a certain Russian swear word literally means ‘horseradish’. Since then horseradish has been mentally classified under ‘things to avoid talking about since I don’t…
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"А не пошло бы оно всё на ..." What is the difference from "пошло оно всё на..."?

I sort of know (пошло оно всё ...), but I have heard: «а не пошло бы оно всё нахуй?» («В Питере — пить», группа "Ленинград") What does the бы addition mean and, moreover, why is the sentence having now а не at the beginning? An acquaintance…
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What are the most offensive words in Russian?

Which swear words or subjects are considered as most offensive in Russian, and why?
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