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Check out how people curse and swear around the world

Not knowing the language can be a big obstacle, and we're probably not the only ones who have ever wondered if a local was laughing at us or if he was actually swearing at us. This video can help you solve these kinds of puzzles. At the same time, how people swear around the world reveals a lot about the culture of the country itself. In Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), such an insult is a completely "innocent" word of a tapeworm, while in Shanghai, manipulative and duplicitous women are described as "vegetarian" slang.

In Slovenia, a recent survey by a teenager showed that insults such as cretinoid out to get you ebola you warthog. In addition to the current ones, there are always "evergreens" in stock moron, monkey, let your cabbage rot, cattle uncouth, bastard, dung and we could go on and on.

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Italians often express themselves through gesticulation. This is their version of the middle name, or it means "go get solid" (euphemistically speaking).
Italians often express themselves through gesticulation. This is their version of the middle name, or it means "go solid" (euphemistically speaking).

Slovenians are not the only ones who have a whole palette original and juicy swear words and expletives. Every culture has developed its own and if you want to add them to your vocabulary, watch the video above that is right a little school of how people curse and curse in different languages.

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