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

10.03.2011

Data Entry 11

Expression: Bin Moi
Language:
Cantonese
Translation:
Filipina Girl
Meaning: Maid
Region: Hong Kong
Speaker: Wealthy socialite 
Date Collected: March 2002

Data Entry 10

Expression: Dil Dariya aur Gand Samundar
Language:
Hindi
Translation:
Heart is a Stream and Ass is an Ocean
Meaning: One whose mouth shoots off more than one is able to do.
Region: Bombay
Speaker: Disgruntled housewife to useless husband
Date Collected: October 2008

8.04.2011

Data Entry 9

Expression: Eres más feo que un refrigerador visto por detrás.
Language:
Spanish
Translation:
You are uglier than the back of my refrigerator.
Meaning: You are really ugly.
Region: Mexico
Speaker: Jealous ex-girlfriend
Date Collected: June, 2005