- Delightful
- Crikey!
By Grabthar’s Hammer!
I feel like almost anything would work if you say it the right way:
- Well okay then!
- As you wish
- This should be good
- Sounds fun
- Right on
- Aaany time you’re ready
- You must construct additional pylons.
Zoinks!
Lobo the Last Czarnian has some great ones.
- Feetal’s gizz
- Bastich
- Frag/Fraggin’
Great Caesar’s Ghost!
Some of my favorites are:
“Bist du deppert”
“Bist du gscheit”
In Austrian German, both are expressions of astonishment.
The fun aspects are: while they have nearly the same usage, the literal meanings of these expressions are the opposites of each other (in English “are you crazy” and “are you smart”) and depending on context they can adopt all kinds of subtle additional meanings.
Naguará, from my Country Venezuela.
Does it have a close English translation? I like learning about other languages.
It doesn’t, sorry. It is a way to express Astonishment, like saying “Holy Fuck!” or something like that. It’s also used to intensify something you say, “Naguará 'e grande es ese árbol = How fucking big is that tree”.
(Although I’m using “fuck” in the examples, Naguará isn’t a “rude word” or an insult, colloquial at most, you wouldn’t say naguará in a business meeting or a thesis defense, for example. Is just that i can’t think of other English word with the same weight as Naguará)
