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najebany

nah-yeh-BAH-nih · /na.jɛ.ˈba.nɨ/

Hammered / shitfaced.

3/5 Watch your audience

genuinely rude; friends only, never at work

Literally

"fucked-onto (na- + jebać: filled to excess)"

Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.

How to use it

The jebać family's na- prefix means "to excess," which tells you everything: najebany is properly, comprehensively drunk — past "pijany" (drunk), past "wstawiony" (tipsy), well into finding-your-shoes-difficult territory. "Był najebany w trzy dupy" (hammered into three asses) is the baroque intensification, and yes, that's a real idiom. Watch-your- audience 3 on the root. The printable ladder: wstawiony → pijany → nawalony → najebany, in descending order of dignity.

Heard in the wild

Po wódce u Maćka wróciłem kompletnie najebany.

After the vodka at Maciek's I came home completely hammered.

Where it lands

Poland (universal)

Quick answers

What does "najebany" mean?
In Polish, "najebany" means "Hammered / shitfaced.". Literally it's "fucked-onto (na- + jebać: filled to excess)". The jebać family's na- prefix means "to excess," which tells you everything: najebany is properly, comprehensively drunk — past "pijany" (drunk), past "wstawiony" (tipsy), well into finding-your-shoes-difficult territory. "Był najebany w trzy dupy" (hammered into three asses) is the baroque intensification, and yes, that's a real idiom. Watch-your- audience 3 on the root. The printable ladder: wstawiony → pijany → nawalony → najebany, in descending order of dignity.
Is "najebany" offensive?
It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.
How do you pronounce "najebany"?
Say it "nah-yeh-BAH-nih" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: na.jɛ.ˈba.nɨ.

Related in Polish

na zdrowie! nah ZDROH-vyeh Cheers! — the standard toast (and also 'bless you' after a sneeze). no to cyk noh toh TSIK Down the hatch / here we go — the onomatopoeic pre-shot toast. chluśniem, bo uśniem KHLOOSH-nyem boh OOSH-nyem Drink up or we'll doze off — the rhyming folk toast. setka SEHT-kah A double shot of vodka — the standard Polish unit of serious drinking. napierdolić się nah-pyehr-DOH-leech sheh To get absolutely wrecked. kac gigant KAHTS GEE-gahnt A monster hangover.

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