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Polish · The Kurwa Machine

wkurwiony

fkoor-VYOH-nih · /fkur.ˈvʲɔ.nɨ/

Pissed off / furious.

3/5 Watch your audience

genuinely rude; friends only, never at work

Literally

"en-whored (made furious)"

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

How to use it

The kurwa root verbed with the prefix w- (into): wkurwić kogoś is to enrage someone, and wkurwiony is the resulting state — properly, vulgarly furious. "Jestem wkurwiony" hits harder than English "pissed off"; it announces the register along with the mood. Watch-your-audience 3. Polite society uses the sanded-down "wkurzony" (annoyed), which is the same word with the curse surgically removed — another rung on the great euphemism ladder, and safe anywhere.

Heard in the wild

Nie gadaj z nim teraz, jest mega wkurwiony.

Don't talk to him right now, he's seriously pissed off.

Where it lands

Poland (universal)

Quick answers

What does "wkurwiony" mean?
In Polish, "wkurwiony" means "Pissed off / furious.". Literally it's "en-whored (made furious)". The kurwa root verbed with the prefix w- (into): wkurwić kogoś is to enrage someone, and wkurwiony is the resulting state — properly, vulgarly furious. "Jestem wkurwiony" hits harder than English "pissed off"; it announces the register along with the mood. Watch-your-audience 3. Polite society uses the sanded-down "wkurzony" (annoyed), which is the same word with the curse surgically removed — another rung on the great euphemism ladder, and safe anywhere.
Is "wkurwiony" 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 "wkurwiony"?
Say it "fkoor-VYOH-nih" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: fkur.ˈvʲɔ.nɨ.

Related in Polish

kurwa KOOR-vah Fuck / damn / shit — the load-bearing word of Polish, and its most common comma. cholera kho-LEH-rah Damn / darn it — the respectable person's curse. no weź! noh VESH Oh come on! / Give me a break! kurwa mać KOOR-vah MAHCH Fucking hell / goddammit — the emphatic, two-barrel kurwa. skurwysyn skoor-VIH-sin Son of a bitch — a hard, aimed insult with the kurwa root inside. kurewsko koo-REHF-skoh Fucking [cold / hard / good] — the kurwa root as an intensifier adverb.

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