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[–] 7 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I would guess most, if not all, Slavic languages use some form of the homophobic slur in that way. Even if you're not homophobic, it's so widely used that sometimes you don't think about what the word really means.

Source: am Central European Slav.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    I'm gonna try to use pendejo in my social circle instead. It has the right vibes of a heavy slur. We already use a ton of english words casually, can't make it worse by dropping some spanish into the mix.

    I'm interested in what other words I can snitch as I go.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    May I suggest profligate? It may not be a spur technically but it's a damned fine insult, also if you say it like a slur it pisses people off real good. I may or may not have picked it up from Fallout New Vegas.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    I find it tricky to catch on in slav spaces as it has a positive 'prof' root in it, but I'd try.

    Where in F:NV it was used? I played like 8 years ago and can't recall.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Legionaries call basically everyone not in the Legion profligate. I think it's Vulpes Inculta at Nipton who uses the term first assuming you're doing a normal playthrough and not doing something weird.

    Also I did not know Slavic languages had "prof" as a positive root.

    Also if ya want a definition. A profligate is someone or sometimes something which is either in possession of extreme wealth or is missing wealth.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I think many would assume it is connected to professor, professional and other profs. Someone carrying an institution-verified skill set.

    So it's a noun as profligate? I thought it's a verb, and thought it would profligator or something.

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