Mat (Russian: мат, or ма́терный язы́к) is (Russian sexual slang, based on the use of) specific generally unprintable obscene words. Although it is commonly believed that the name derives from mat′ (Russian мать, "mother", where the prime represents the soft sign, which signals palatalization of the preceding t) the term comes from a word meaning "loud yell", which is now used in only a few expressions such as благим матом ^{[citation needed]}. It is at once almost universally understood and commonly employed, but also held in some cultural disregard, to the point of facing occasional social and legal proscriptions. Depending on context, as in languages besides Russian, speaking it may have the effect of conveying disrespect, congeniality or chic, cynicism, intensification, or self-assertion. The mat belongs to the ancient layers of the Russian language (the first written mat words date to Middle Ages). It was first introduced into literature in the 18th century by the poet Ivan Barkov, whose poetry, combining lofty lyrics with brutally obscene words, may be regarded as a forerunner of Russian literary parody. Non-native speakers of Russian are generally advised to be conservative about employing the terms or to shun them if they tend not to use their English equivalents. Sexual slang is any slang term which makes reference to sex, the sexual organs, or matters closely related to them. ... Obscenity has several connotations. ... This article is not about the symbol for the set of prime numbers, â„™. The prime (′, Unicode U+2032, ′) is a symbol with many mathematical uses: A complement in set theory: A′ is the complement of the set A A point related to another (e. ... Palatalization means pronouncing a sound nearer to the hard palate, making it more like a palatal consonant; this is towards the front of the mouth for a velar or uvular consonant, but towards the back of the mouth for a front (e. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Cynicism (Greek κυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes. ... Ivan Barkov Ivan Semenovich Barkov, Иван Семенович Барков (ca. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Key words

The key elements of mat are:

• khuy (Russian хуй) — penis, or for equivalent colloquial effect, cock
  • the word of disputed origin, popularly held to derive from Mongolian, but most likely from common Balto-Slavic pool;
• pizda (Russian пизда) — cunt and/or clit
  • from PIE *pizda ("vulva"), cf Lithuanian "pizda" and Albanian "peth";
• yebat′ (Russian ебать) — to fuck
  • from PIE *eibati ("to fuck"), cf Old High German "eiba" and Sanskrit "yabhati";
• blyad′ (Russian блядь) — whore
  • from PIE root cognate with English "blind"; the word was not banned from literary use at the time of Avvakum, who used it to describe various heresies, and various expressions based on these terms. Also, the 15th century merchant-traveller Afanasii Nikitin used it simply as "concubine", without any obscene connotations.

These words can be used in quite some contexts and generate a rather large range of new words based on them through the use of prefixes and suffixes. The first volume of the "Large Mat Dictionary" (большой словарь мата) treats only expressions with the word khuy, numbering over 500 entries. The penis (plural penises or penes) or phallus is an external male sexual organ. ... Look up cock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Balto-Slavic language group is a hypothetical language group consisting of the Baltic and Slavic language subgroups of the Indo-European family. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A womans clitoris extends from the visible portion to a point below the pubic bone. ... See Pie (disambiguation) for other uses of PIE. The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages. ... Fuck is an English word which, when used literally as a verb, means to have sexual intercourse, or as a noun, a sexual encounter (specifically referring to intercourse), and is generally considered moderately vulgar. ... See Pie (disambiguation) for other uses of PIE. The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages. ... The term Old High German (OHG, German: Althochdeutsch) refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. ... Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम् ; pronunciation: ) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... A sex worker in Germany. ... See Pie (disambiguation) for other uses of PIE. The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Old Believer icon depicting Avvakum surrounded by other saints. ...

A detailed article by Victor Erofeyev (translated by Andrew Bromfeld) analyzing the history, overtones, and sociology of mat appeared in the 15 September 2003 issue of The New Yorker. Biography Victor Erofeyev is a highly controversial Russian author, born in 1947, the son of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat (who worked closely with Stalin). ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ...

Further vocabulary

Additionally, the following words are considered almost as offensive, and can also be regarded as mat:

• govno (Russian говно́) — shit. Cognate to Sanskrit guváti ("(he) defecates") and Avestan gūʮa- ("shit"), from PIE
• zhopa (жопа) - ass, arse (BrE)
• mudo (мудо́) — "testicle". By far more often-used derivative, mudak (муда́к) and mudilo (муди́ло) sometimes only bears an abstract offensive meaning and is effectively equal to "motherfucker".
• gandon (gondon) (гандо́н, гондо́н), a bastardization of "condom", but it is a tabooed word and may be used figuratively;
• pidoras (пидора́с), a bastardization of pederast, meaning a male homosexual in Russian. The condensed form pidor (пи́дор) is also used.
• zalupa (залупа) means "penis head"
• malaf'ya (малафья) means "sperm"
• kher (хер) "penis"; somewhat less offensive than "khuy"; the actual meanings of kher is the old Russian name of the letter "X" Kha.
• khren (хрен) is an euphemism for "penis", literally "Horse-radish"; khren also means a jerk, a nasty/unpleasant man

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Some derivatives

• khernya (херня́) or khuynya (хуйня́) - "rubbish, nonsense"; нести хуйню (или херню) - to speak rubbish. Khuynya is "stronger" and more offensive than khernya, which is the also true for other derivatives of khuy and kher.
• khuyovyi (хуёвый) or kherovyi (херо́вый) - bad, shitty.
• Khuyovina(хуёвина),pizdyulina(пиздю́лина),poyeben' (поебе́нь) - a thing the name of which one either doesn't know or doesn't think worth mentioning.
• pizdatyi (пизда́тый) - very good or huge.
• okhuyennyi (охуе́нный) or okhuyitelnyi (охуи́тельный) - a general-purpose superlative adjective; "fucking good" (or "fucking attractive", etc.)
• okhuyet ' (охуе́ть) or euph. ofiget ' (офиге́ть) - to go out of one's mind (go crazy), with the derived meaning 1. to be very surprised, 2. to be cheeky. Example 1: Я слушал его и тихо охуевал - я слушал его и не верил своим ушам/ Я был в шоке от того, что он говорил. Example 2: Босс совсем охуел: зажал ползарплаты за два опоздания - Босс совсем обнаглел: удержал половину моей зарплаты за два опоздания.

• pizdets (пизде́ц) or euph. kapets (капе́ц), cf. Germ. kaput, is usually used to describe a particularly sad state of affairs, when there is no way to improve things or when someone is in (for) big trouble.
• pizdit' (пи́здить) - "to beat up" or "to steal"
• pizdet' (пизде́ть)- "to tell a lie" or "to chat"; note that conjugated forms are very similar to pizdit' but with a different articulation (пизди́ть))
• proyebat' (проеба́ть)- "to lose" (no longer possess)
• syebat' (съеба́ть)- "to leave a dangerous place quickly", "to escape", "to clear out", "to scram"
• yebalo (еба́ло) - "face", rarely "mouth"
• yobnut' (ёбнуть) - "to hit", with derivative meanings "to take a drink (e.g., of vodka)", "to steal"
• yobnut'sya (ёбнуться) - (referring to a human) "to fall (over)", "slip up", or "stumble"; "to get hit (against smth)"; "to go mad"

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Common phrases

• yob tvoyu mat' (ēб твою́ мать) literally "fuck your mother" meaning "oh no" or "shit!"
• ni khuya sebe (ни хуя́ себе́) exclamation of surprise (literally "no dick for one") meaning "what a surprise", "wow!"
• khuy tebe v rot! (хуй тебе́ в рот!) literally "a dick to your mouth" means "you'll get nothing (from me)" (this sounds extremely offensive)
• zatkni yebalo! (заткни́ еба́ло!) means "shut down!", "shut up!"
• khuy(kher) s nim(ney,nimi)! (хуй(хер) с ним(ней,ними)!) literally "prick with him(her, them)!" means "don't be so concerned about him(her,it,them)!" or "I no longer care about him (her,it,them)"
• (da) poshol(poshla, idite) na khuy! (пошёл(пошла́, иди́те) на хуй!) literally "go on a dick" meaning "fuck off" or "forget it!" (very offensive). If a name or a pronoun is added, this expression is sometimes very close in meaning to khuy(kher) s nim(ney,nimi)!

Famous usage

Kirkorov's press conference

Russian pop-star Philipp Kirkorov had the following exchange with Ms Aroyan, a correspondent, at his press conference that was held in Rostov on Don on May 20, 2004:

KIRKOROV: I am disturbed by your pink blouse, your tits and your microphone... I feel "po khuyu" (i.e., I do not care) what you will write about me. I do not like nonprofessionals. That's not the place for nonprofessionals.

AROYAN: You should learn to behave yourself — "zvezda" ("star" in Russian).

KIRKOROV: Yes... Pizda! (rhymes with "zvezda").

Russian text of this exchange:

— (1) Ф. Киркоров: Меня раздражают Ваша розовая кофточка, Ваши сиськи и Ваш микрофон.

— (2) Ф. Киркоров: А? Да мне… да мне по-хую, как Вы напишете… Так же, как и Вы… Я не люблю непрофессионалов! Непрофессионалам тут делать нечего!

— (3) И. Ароян (презрительно): А вы научитесь себя вести. "Звезда".

Ф. Киркоров (рифмуя): Да… Пизда!

Classical poetry with mat

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So, I am not going to pay

However, If you are a simple blyad'

You should consider an honor

To be acquainted to the cadet's khuy !

Russian:

Итак, тебе не заплачу я:

Но если ты простая блядь,

То знай: за честь должна считать

Знакомство юнкерского хуя!

See also

• Russian joke: Taboo vocabulary

Russian jokes or anekdoty (Russian: анекдо́ты), the most popular form of Russian humour, are short fictional stories or dialogues with a punch line. ...

External link

• Russian slang explained in English, French and German