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norwegian insults

turnip peel
cardboard-skull
onion
mushroom
bucket head
cod brain
polyfill gnome
polyfill dick (rather limp)
gnat
sconce-brain
not the pointiest pencil/sharpest knife in god's pencil case/kitchen drawer
Porridge-gnome
Porridge-skull
Onion-roll
toadstool
didnt exactly invent the bowl
soup head
cuckoo
soup cuckoo
cabbage head
sagging butt
snottpuppy
snotty kid
shitkid
galley rat
naggy crow
chatty locomotive
shrimp
piece of twine

May 3, 2023 at 7:57pmWeb
Show threadbentehMay 5, 2023

..what strikes me is that a lot of norwegian insults are either food-related or head/brain focused

of course there are tons that are genitalia-related, but they are rarely _creative_, just coarse

Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 5, 2023

@benteh Fant ikke hespetre noe sted? Hverken hode, skulder, kne eller kjønnsorganer, kun planteriket hele veien.

PS: postet denne fordi Mastodon har for få reply-gubber.

Show threadbentehMay 5, 2023
@kristianaas HESPETRE! 💜
Show threadbentehMay 5, 2023

@kristianaas dette kvalifiserer ikke som reply-gubberi så om det er noe du strekker deg etter, er det her det feilet:

- du holdt deg til saken
- bidro med noe direkte relevant OG MORSOMT
- sklir ikke ut i JEG, GUBBE, MENER
- belærer ikke meg, kvinne, med noe du, mann, kan bedre tross min doktorgrad i Suppegjøkeri
- begynte ikke med "vel, faktisk så..."

skal du over i den gylne salen av replygubber jeg blokker, må du altså gubbe endel hardere

Show threadTore HalsetMay 3, 2023
@benteh Have you smoked 10 meters of striped flagpole paint?
Show threadbentehMay 3, 2023
@halset nah but you smoked your socks?
Show threadTore HalsetMay 3, 2023
@benteh I just pooped on my calf
Show threadbentehMay 3, 2023
@halset shitting in the wrong drawer and have hogs in the forest
Show threadRobertMay 3, 2023
@benteh næpskrell is my favorite!
Show threadCaledonia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 3, 2023

@benteh Scottish insults:

Walloper
Rocket
Bampot
Bawbag
Roaster
Tube
Glaikit
Fannybaws
Dobber
Boot
Hackit
Minger
Erse
Bawheid
Eejit

Show threadProf. Julia LeydaMay 4, 2023
@benteh Gold! Now somebody please repost with the Norwegian and English side by side for those of us who are studying... 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 #NorskKurs
Show threadAtle 🧇🧅May 5, 2023

@julia @benteh

turnip peel = nepeskrell
cardboard-skull = pappskalle
onion = løk
mushroom = sopp
bucket head = bøttehue(??)
cod brain = torskjehjerne
polyfill gnome = vattnisse
polyfill dick (rather limp) = vattpikk
gnat = knott
sconce-brain = lampetthjerne
not the pointiest pencil/sharpest knife in god's pencil case/kitchen drawer = Ikke den skarpeste kniven/blyanten i guds kjøkkenskuff/penal

Show threadAtle 🧇🧅May 5, 2023
@julia @benteh
Porridge-gnome = grøtnisse (grautnisse)
Porridge-skull = grøtskalle (grautskalle)
Onion-roll = løkrull
toadstool = sopp (??)
didnt exactly invent the bowl = what, never heard
soup head = suppehue
cuckoo = gjøk
soup cuckoo = suppegjøk
cabbage head = kålhue
sagging butt
snottpuppy = snørrvalp
snotty kid = snørrunge
shitkid = drittunge
Show threadAtle 🧇🧅May 5, 2023
@julia @benteh
galley rat = bysserotte (??)
naggy crow = masakråke
chatty locomotive = help?
shrimp = reke
piece of twine = hyssingbit (??)
Show threadProf. Julia LeydaMay 5, 2023
@atlefren @benteh These are amazing. I don't always know whether there's an e added in between in making a compound word, and lots of these are not (yet) in my vocabulary. That changes today! Thank you so so much! 🇳🇴🇳🇴
Show threadAtle 🧇🧅May 5, 2023

@julia @benteh
A fun exercise trying to translate these back to Norwegian! Not sure I ended up with exactly what @benteh had in mind, though.

And when using this list to expand your vocabulary, bear in mind some of them are dialect-words and not found in any dictionary!

Show threadProf. Julia LeydaMay 5, 2023
@atlefren @benteh Thank you!   I have been studying for a few years, when I can, while working full time etc. But I always use Norwegian subtitles on TV when they are an option, so I've seen a couple of these already. But they definitely aren't in my dictionary! I'll compile then and see if my Norwegian friends have interesting additions.
#norsk #språk
Show threadMaryPotMay 6, 2023

@julia @atlefren @benteh

As you are already finding, Norwegians have a ton of imagination and humour when it comes to swearing. I get a bit bored with English-speakers. Mostly, it is F this and F'ing that.

Regions have their own specialities and most "sub"cultures have their own special favourites and new words to add to your list.

Love that you are compiling and sharing!

Show threadKnut MoråMay 4, 2023
@benteh now i need to make translations for mine:
https://knut.dundasmora.no/blog/2023/03/en-nyttig-liste-norske-skjellsord/
Knut Dundas Morås Homepage - En nyttig liste norske skjellsord

Show threadbentehMay 4, 2023
@kdund you'll appreciate these – when he gets the translation in there :D @julia
Show threadProf. Julia LeydaMay 5, 2023
@benteh @kdund I do! My language study just got more fun! 
Show threadProf. Julia LeydaMay 5, 2023
@benteh @kdund I'm pasting those into my list as well. Tusen takk!
Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergMay 7, 2023

@kdund @benteh Yes! Let’s open source the whole process? The GitHub repository is already in place.

Oh and I also found this. A lot of seemingly auto-generated gibberish, but there’s plenty of gold in there:

https://www.nettverksted.no/artikler/over-20-000-usorterte-skjellsord/

Over 20 000 usorterte skjellsord – Nettverksted

Show threadbentehMay 7, 2023
@bitbear @kdund github for list of insults? talk about gatekeeping participation 🙄
Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergMay 7, 2023
@benteh @kdund Gatekeeping was not my intent. 😳 Collaboration was. What do you suggest? A wiki?
Show threadbentehMay 7, 2023

@bitbear @kdund i'm sure you did not intend it. but i'm tired of github being the answer to everything "collaborative" as it excludes the great majority of people. it's a developers' tool.

i also happen to hate wikis, unless they're well set up, as they often require markdown and / or IRC-style communication, which ALSO excludes a majority of people.

which tool then? depends on what you want to achieve – this is not clear to me. a dictionary?

Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergMay 7, 2023

@benteh @kdund I'm not sure, to be honest. Perhaps a dictionary, yes. Something that can be easily read on a website like skjellsord.no.

I did not consider collaboration between non-developers initially, but for something like this, I think a simple "suggest a missing word" HTML form will suffice, no?

Show threadbentehMay 7, 2023

@bitbear @kdund not sure if you create the engagement you want, if the collaboration is a form people have to send in… you also then become the admin / gatekeeper, and in my experience things then tends to die a bit.

if the goal is to make a dictionary – which would be COOL – i'd look at modern wiki-style solutions (not only mediaWIki)

but i mean; you could start with a Google docs or something 🤷🏽‍♀️

Show threadKnut MoråMay 7, 2023
@benteh @bitbear I agree wiki markdown is a pain sometimes (but it might be the least worst of all options tried for open public participation in editing a website?).
is there any way to moderate a google doc? I would otherwise probably not open it to public participation.
a mailto link on a website works if someone just wants to solicit additions to their list,
on my end I have enough for most uses already :)
Show threadAtle 🧇🧅May 5, 2023

@benteh

I suddenly realised that "sponjokk" is a great insult, but I have no idea how to translate that...

Show threadKeith DaggettMay 5, 2023

@benteh

Finnish insults;

"Swedish"

Show threadbentehMay 5, 2023
@ktdoggett 😂 yeah!!
Show threadthefathippyMay 5, 2023

@benteh @3wombats

I particularly like onion-roll, cabbage head, and turnip peel 😂

Soup head 🤣

Show threadLord Doctor Olle WMay 5, 2023
@benteh Most of these are used in Swedish as well.
Show threadguy,in,a,hatMay 6, 2023
@benteh as a Mexican original I rather enjoy these. Profoundly. People in Mexico as said to swear talk. It's a perfectly organized swearing language. I can even add English insults in there.
Show threadguy,in,a,hatMay 6, 2023
@benteh fo example "pinche jijo de su repuerca naggy crow ________add more adjectives here____mother!" = Hey you!
Show threadT. Austin BrownMay 6, 2023
@benteh this reminds me of a conversation I had with a Hungarian friend who is married to a Norwegian. According to him, Northern European insults are short and brutish. A lot of four letter words. Southern and Eastern European insults are confections of disgust like “may that sonofabitch god rot his dick in your mother”. I think about that a lot when I’m really angry.
Show threadMaryPot 🏳️‍🌈May 6, 2023

@benteh

I'm a southerner. The best swearers are the northern Norwegians. Eg. hestkuk - (horse-dick).

I can't list any more, because I haven't been up there to catch up in years.

My northerner father (and seafarer) always said that the Finns were the very best swearers. I agree. Satan a perkele (satan in hell) is so great to say with the T's and the K's. Saaatan a PPPerKKKelehhh! 😁

Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergMay 7, 2023

@benteh Her føler jeg potensialet for synergi er stort, @kdund!

https://github.com/kdund/skjellsord

GitHub - kdund/skjellsord: Et sted der folk kan foreslå forandringer til https://knut.dundasmora.no/blog/2023/03/en-nyttig-liste-norske-skjellsord/

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