Sound USED Frequently BY Everyone
The Russian sound for eating.
"Омномном... обожаю жареные картошки."
"Omnomnom... I love fried potatoes."
Sound USED Frequently BY Everyone
The Russian sound for eating.
"Омномном... обожаю жареные картошки."
"Omnomnom... I love fried potatoes."
Hashtag USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(#ChurchIsForTheSisters) • A hashtag created by two Russian girls to draw the church's attention to the case of Hachaturyan sisters, who are at risk of imprisonment after the planned murder of their own father. For a long time, the Hachaturyan sisters were subjected to domestic violence and coercion into sexual acts by their father.
"Церковь должна быть на стороне жертв. #церковьзасестер"
"The church must be on the side of the victims. #ChurchIsForTheSisters"
Submitted August 2020 by xxbeelkj
Hashtag USED Frequently BY Everyone
(#IDidn'tWantToDie) • A hashtag created by two Russian influencers, Alena Popova and Sasha Mitroshina, to raise awareness about the problem of domestic violence.
"Жертвы должны быть услышаны! #янехотелаумирать"
"Victims must be heard! #IDidn'tWantToDie"
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(I/WE) • Initially used in 2019 to condemn the unfair detention of a correspondent of the newspaper "Meduza", Ivan Golunov. It became a symbol of solidarity and a meme.
"Я/МЫ - это вся страна."
"I/We are the whole country."
Slang USED Frequently BY Everyone
A situation that the speaker has personally encountered.
"Да ладно тебе, это же жиза!"
"Come on, this is life!"
Slang USED Frequently BY Everyone
It is used to express a grin, often ironic. Equivalent to the English 'LOL' and 'kek'.
"Я сегодня поскользнулся! Кек."
"I slipped today! LOL."
Slang USED Very frequently BY Teens
(n.) • Direct translation of the English word "meme".
"Я смотрю мем сейчас."
"I am looking at a meme right now."
Idiom USED Frequently BY Everyone
(hungry like a dog) • When you're really REALLY hungry.
"Ты хочешь есть?" "Да, я голодная как собака!"
"Do you want to eat?" "Yes, I'm as hungry as a dog!"
Submitted March 2023 by charlotteashton
Expression USED Frequently BY Young People
(healthy) • This term can have 2 meanings. When it is stressed on the first syllable (ZDOrovo), it means great/awesome/cool. When it is stressed on the second syllable (zdoROvo), it is an informal greeting like 'hi'.
"Саша, здорово!"
"Hi, Alex!"
Submitted June 2022 by lucia871
Russian
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
Slang USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(Crêpe) • Would be used the same way as "oh crap" or "damn!" In English, but it's a very soft version of it.
"Блин, я потерял ключи!" [Bleen, ja potierial kliuchee]
"Crêpe! I lost my keys!"
Submitted November 2020 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Older Generations
(v.) • (to put horns on [somebody]) • To cheat on someone. Depictions of a stag-horned cheated-on man are often in jokes and caricatures relating to cheating.
"Он убил свою жену за то, что она наставила ему рога."
"He has killed his wife because she put horns on him."
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(I/WE Pacific Ocean) • An expression that became popular on social media in October 2020 after the eco-disaster on Kamchatka in Russia on the Pacific coast.
"Тысячи животных погибли! Спасите Тихий океан! Я/МЫ Тихий Океан"
"Thousands of animals have died! Save the Pacific Ocean! I/WE Pacific Ocean"
Portmanteau USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(n.) • A contraction of the words "хрущёвка" and "трущеба". It is an unofficial name of type of low-cost apartment building which was developed in the USSR during the early 1960s, during the time of Nikita Khrushchev.
"Мда... живем в какой-то хрущобе. Жду не дождусь переезда."
"Hmm... we live in some kind of khrushcheba. I can't wait to move."
Submitted October 2020 by xxbeelkj
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (I'm a mother) • A woman who demonstrates double standards in relation to her child in comparison with others, which often manifests itself, including in the form of justifying the child's bad actions.
"Эта яжмать никак не поймет, что её ребенок невоспитанный."
"This "I'm a mother" will never understand that her child is ill-mannered."
Submitted October 2020 by xxbeelkj
Expression USED Frequently BY Most People
(how many years, how many winters) • It is used for telling somebody that you have not seen each other for a long time.
"Привет! Сколько лет, сколько зим!"
"Hi! How many years, how many winters."
Submitted August 2020 by olaola
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æ
Standard Phrase USED Very frequently BY Most People
It means “hi” or “hello”.
"Привет! Как дела?"
"Hi! How are you?"
Submitted August 2020 by olaola
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Sound USED Frequently BY Most People
Sound made when knocking on a door.
«Тук-тук, можно войти?»
“Knock knock, may I come in?”
Submitted August 2020 by olaola
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Slang USED Very frequently BY Everyone
It is a slang name of Russia.
"Кто хочет поехать в Рашку? Там много уникальных мест."
"Who wants to go to Russia? There are many unique places."