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Polish · The Terraces

jebać [rywala]!

YEH-bahch · /ˈjɛ.bat͡ɕ/

The terrace hate-chant template: 'Fuck [rival club]!' — comprehension first.

4/5 Fighting words

aimed at a person, will start something

Literally

"fuck [the rival]!"

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

How to use it

The default hostile chant of Polish stadiums: jebać plus the rival's name, thousands of voices strong, plus the all-purpose "jebać [everything we're against]" of protest culture. You need to recognize it instantly — it tells you which crowd you're standing in — and you need to not join in: chanting a club's hate-song as an outsider, in the wrong district, is how a fun anthropological evening becomes a medical one. Fighting-words 4 by design; that's its entire job. File under: hear it, understand it, keep walking.

Heard in the wild

Cały sektor skandował „jebać” i nazwę rywala.

The whole stand was chanting 'fuck' plus the rival's name.

Where it lands

Poland (universal); club-football culture

Quick answers

What does "jebać [rywala]!" mean?
In Polish, "jebać [rywala]!" means "The terrace hate-chant template: 'Fuck [rival club]!' — comprehension first.". Literally it's "fuck [the rival]!". The default hostile chant of Polish stadiums: jebać plus the rival's name, thousands of voices strong, plus the all-purpose "jebać [everything we're against]" of protest culture. You need to recognize it instantly — it tells you which crowd you're standing in — and you need to not join in: chanting a club's hate-song as an outsider, in the wrong district, is how a fun anthropological evening becomes a medical one. Fighting-words 4 by design; that's its entire job. File under: hear it, understand it, keep walking.
Is "jebać [rywala]!" offensive?
Yes — very. It rates 4/5 on the Punch-o-Meter (Fighting words). aimed at a person, will start something. Read the usage note before you even think about it.
How do you pronounce "jebać [rywala]!"?
Say it "YEH-bahch" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: ˈjɛ.bat͡ɕ.

Related in Polish

sędzia kalosz! SEN-jah KAH-losh Ref, you're blind! — the classic stadium heckle. kibol KEE-bol Football hooligan — the hard-core, trouble-seeking end of fandom. Polska, gola! POL-skah GOH-lah Come on Poland, score! — the national team's simplest chant. kurwa KOOR-vah Fuck / damn / shit — the load-bearing word of Polish, and its most common comma. 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.

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