Хрен (часть первая)

by Don  

It is used as a substitute for the nasty word хуй ‘cock,’ and as such is used in a variety of colorful situations. For instance, it used as a general term of abuse for a man:

Я ненавижу этого старого хрена. I hate that old prick.
Почему этот старый хрен опять вмешался в мои дела? Why has that old prick stuck his nose in my business again?

But the word combines in a lot of other phrases as well:

Иди на хрен! Go to hell!
Он ни хрена не знает о бизнесе. He doesn't know diddly-squat about business.

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6 comments

Comment from: Boris [Visitor]

It’s a funny thing, but “Хрен получишь” и “Ни хрена не дам” the same. ;)

12/02/10 @ 02:59
Comment from: Sasha [Visitor]  

I haven’t heard the phrase “в хренУ” ever. Must be local.

11/08/10 @ 09:33
Comment from: Arseny [Visitor]

Another form is “НЕ хрена ему знать об бизнесе” (не хрена instead нечего). And it would not me, if I don’t say about locative case although it very rare e.g. “поросенок, жареный в хренУ и майонезе".

11/05/10 @ 05:55
Comment from: Edgar [Visitor]

My favorite is “xrenovi” which as an adjective means “crappy, of poor quality.”

11/04/10 @ 14:06
Comment from: Yegor [Visitor]

One of interesting forms is “хреновина”. It’s both a vulgar naming of an abstract thing and a dish.

Что это за хреновина? — What the hell is that?

Мы заготовили десять банок хреновины. [I don’t really know how to translate that precisely]

Hrenovina is a mix of tomatoes with horseradish and garlic. It’s quite a spicy thing. It goes well with a bread and soup. And it’s a good seasoning for vareniky.

Here is a photo of this:
http://www.manhunter.ru/upload/a4/5a/a45ad673db526087788d13dfc976c762.jpg

There is also the word “хрень”. It may only be used to refer to something, not to describe the dish.

11/04/10 @ 13:25
Comment from: Bruce Dumes [Visitor]

I had to laugh when I saw the phrase “Иди на хрен!", because of the use of “идти", implying that hell is a close-by place that we don’t need a vehicle to get to.

11/04/10 @ 07:44


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