Russian · Hell Yes
Заебись!
zayebis'
zah-yee-BEES · /zəjɪˈbʲisʲ/
Fucking great! / Awesome as hell!
4/5 Fighting words
aimed at a person, will start something
Literally
"(from 'yebat'') — fucked-up-good"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Real mat, built on the "yeb-" root, but flipped positive — "fucking excellent." The dark joke is that with a sour tone it means the exact opposite ("oh, just fucking great," i.e. a disaster), so intonation is everything. Strong stuff: friends and drinking buddies only, never at work or with elders. The clean twin is "ofigenno."
Heard in the wild
Отпуск на две недели? Заебись!
Two weeks off? Fucking great!
Where it lands
Russia (universal); mat — restricted settings
Quick answers
- What does "Заебись!" mean?
- In Russian, "Заебись!" means "Fucking great! / Awesome as hell!". Literally it's "(from 'yebat'') — fucked-up-good". Real mat, built on the "yeb-" root, but flipped positive — "fucking excellent." The dark joke is that with a sour tone it means the exact opposite ("oh, just fucking great," i.e. a disaster), so intonation is everything. Strong stuff: friends and drinking buddies only, never at work or with elders. The clean twin is "ofigenno."
- Is "Заебись!" 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 "Заебись!"?
- Say it "zah-yee-BEES" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: zəjɪˈbʲisʲ.
Related in Russian
Класс! klass KLAHSS Awesome! / Great! / Cool! Круто! kruto KROO-tah Cool! / Awesome! / Badass! Офигенно! ofigenno ah-fee-GYEN-nah Freaking awesome! / Amazing! Ура! ura oo-RAH Hooray! / Yes! Блядь! blyad' BLYAHT Fuck! / Dammit! / (filler) fucking... Пиздец! pizdets peez-DYETS It's fucked / total disaster / holy shit
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Hell yes".
- French Ça déchire ! That rocks! / That's awesome!
- German Geil! Awesome! / Sick! / Hell yes!
- Greek ώπα Oops! / Hey, watch it! / Let's go! — NOT mainly the plate-smashing tourist cheer.
- Italian Grande! Nice one! / You legend! / Way to go!
- Japanese やった Yes! / I did it! / We won!
- Korean 아싸! Yes! / score! — the fist-pump syllables.
- Polish zajebisty Fucking awesome / badass — the great slang-POSITIVE of the jebać family.
- Portuguese Que massa! How cool! / Awesome!
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