4.30.2013

Data Entry 15

Expression: Lum gup lay hoi hahng.
Language: Cantonese
Translation: 
Only when you are about to shit do you open a ditch.
Meaning: You always wait until the last minute. 
Region: Hong Kong
Speaker: Disappointed mother to procrastinating offspring
Date Collected: April, 1996

4.29.2013

Data Entry 14


Expression: Trasero de aspirina.
Language: Spanish
Translation: Your butt is like an aspirin tablet. 
Meaning: Your butt is so flat you can only see the dividing line.
Region: Monterrey, Mexico 
Speaker: Popular high school girl to nemesis
Date Collected: July 2008

Data Entry 13



Expression: Eres mas facil que la table del uno. 
Language: Spanish
Translation: You’re easier than multiplying 1x1.
Meaning: You’re loose and give it up to anybody. 
Region: Monterrey, Mexico 
Speaker: Jealous sister to her more beautiful sibling
Date Collected: November 2005

Data Entry 12

Expression: ni thatha cheddis nanu palchasthanam
Language: Telugu
Translation: 
I will explode/destroy your grandfather's underwear
Meaning: Fuck off. 
Region: Andra Pradesh (India)
Speaker: Annoyed father to miscreant children
Date Collected: February 1998