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elizabeth  ·  3263 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: State of the Internet in Russia

Yeah, it was mostly used as discrimination against the gays in prison:

на тюремном слэнге - контактировать с опущенными, или касаться предметов или еды которых касался опущенный.

:(

My friend is old(er) tho. mid forties. the meaning and usage of the world might have changed with the internet speak but he said using this kind of talk was pretty frowned upon in Moscow. You don't use prison slang if you want to be respected.





user-inactivated  ·  3262 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is no surprise, then, that the younger generation would apply a much milder meaning to the words their parents would shy away from without hesitation.