Fuck and shit just ain’t cutting it anymore.
手前
An incredibly vulgar way of saying “you” in Japanese.
What makes it vulgar, just curious?
The short answer is, “because history”. Like most words, although this often feels like a non-answer.
I’m a novice when it comes to the language as a heads up. But my understanding is that generally most of these incredibly vulgar ways of saying “you” came about because they were originally actually respectful ways of referring to someone. But as time passed, people began using them ironically. So a term that was originally respectfully used to refer to someone of higher status is now only used if you’re basically cursing someone out.
Japanese doesn’t really have swear words, it’s mostly just words that are incredibly disrespectful or otherwise inappropriate for certain context.
There’s also 貴様 (kisama) which is basically so comically rude because, to my understanding, saying it implies everyone is inferior to you by default.
Edit: it’s also worth noting that saying “you” isn’t very common in Japanese in general. Usually you’d just refer to someone by their name. So even otherwise tame versions of you can still be inappropriate in the wrong circumstances. Not to the degree of these though.
Muppet, munter, twat. Just start using UK insults
Republican
Definitely a slur
Not a word, but my favorite recent addition was when someone told me her husband, rather than flip people off in road rage situations, just looks at them and gives them a thumbs down gesture, and it makes them so much more mad. I’ve been doing it whenever I see Cybertrucks.
I have a good one. Once a small machine shop in my hometown had their adjustable sign say “gravely bad-boy scag” which sounds like the best insult ever, but apparently all 3 are brands of lawnmowers that they sold.
Me and my sister still call each other scag to this day lol
Pig’s sluice
American
Bro said the A-word 💀
And if you wanna feel extra spiteful, use American’t
Make it sound like Americunt.
“Fargin Bastages”.
Thundercunt, works every time
Poes
I recently stumbled upon “dense block of hamstink”.
Fucktard
classic
It’s a portmanteau of a slur
ending a word with “-tard” references the “r-slur” against disabled people. Regardless of if you still approve of its use (I don’t) it therefore misses the question asked.
“You leotard!”
cunt
Hitler.
Good thinking, but overplayed. Eva Braun perhaps?
Nah, that’s just the term for someone you disagree with these days.
One time at work I pissed off my manager by calling another manager Hitler. I’m still pretty proud of that.
I prefer calling them Goebbels or Himmler.
