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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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