Vulgar Multilingual Name Meanings

Users discuss how a project or product's name translates to swear words, vulgar terms like 'feces', 'balls', or 'poop', or other humorous meanings in languages such as Russian, Polish, Hebrew, and Slavic tongues.

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Arathorn Jun 24, 2020 View on HN

ironically the name is a dictionary word in many different languages... including both english and esperanto :D

qaq Oct 14, 2024 View on HN

Interesting naming decision it's actually a swear word in russian and given that top contributors are obviously familiar with the lang. that is not a coincidence.

jmnicolas Nov 27, 2015 View on HN

There's probably a joke in the name but being not a native speaker can someone explain it to me please ?

vaseem Sep 26, 2017 View on HN

actually it translates to 'balls'

Loudergood Feb 24, 2022 View on HN

It has the same meaning in Ukraine and Finland I'd suspect.

TomMarius Apr 18, 2020 View on HN

In my native language, it's the same word. I meant it as both.

gambiting Jan 10, 2026 View on HN

Same in Polish. You'd just call both of these "trucizna".

vlehto Sep 18, 2018 View on HN

That would be "word" in finnish

throwaway85825 Jan 22, 2026 View on HN

Term for this is "chalaki"

tiborsaas Jan 17, 2025 View on HN

I thought it's weird to have "fillérbaszó" to have such a direct english counterpart, but then I checked your username :)