21 concepts · 11 languages
How to say it, everywhere at once
Pick an idea — the all-purpose curse, the flat "no way", the profane compliment — and see how each language reaches for it. The fastest way to find the phrase you actually mean.
- Damn The all-purpose curse of mild frustration — stub your toe, miss the bus, drop the last slice. 95 phrases
- No way Flat disbelief. The 'you have got to be kidding me' of every language. 34 phrases
- Screw you Hostile dismissal aimed at a person. Handle with care — severities climb fast here. 73 phrases
- Hell yes Unfiltered joy and triumph. The goal was scored, the plan worked, the round is on them. 43 phrases
- You idiot The affectionate-to-vicious spectrum of calling someone stupid. 75 phrases
- Calm down Telling someone to relax — which, delivered wrong, does the exact opposite. 18 phrases
- A rude toast The cheeky, off-color things people actually say when glasses go up. 29 phrases
- Shut up From playful 'no way, really?' to a genuine order to stop talking. 9 phrases
- That's awesome Admiration turned up past polite — the profane compliment. 62 phrases
- Disgusting Pure revulsion — the smell, the sight, the thing you just stepped in. 24 phrases
- Get lost Go away, and take the attitude with you. 45 phrases
- Unbelievable Outrage at what you are somehow actually seeing — the referee, the bill, the audacity. 73 phrases
- Tough luck Fatalism out loud — it went wrong, it figures, and there's nothing to do but name it. 52 phrases
- Show-off For the peacock in the room — all flash, no substance. 11 phrases
- Coward The insult for someone who won't step up — a favorite on the terraces. 10 phrases
- What a mess Naming a situation that has thoroughly fallen apart. 27 phrases
- That's crazy For the person, plan, or price that has clearly lost its mind. 17 phrases
- Outrageously expensive Sticker-shock profanity — what leaves your mouth when the bill lands. 9 phrases
- Hungover The morning-after vocabulary of regret, in every language that drinks. 18 phrases
- Road rage What gets said behind the wheel, where every language is at its most fluent. 14 phrases
- Shot down The vocabulary of romantic rejection — giving it, getting it, and narrating the bruise. 9 phrases