Goraski Insults

Insults in Goraski are only limited by the speaker's imagination. Many get very specific and tend to be long phrases than short words. Comparisons to rats, toads, and cabbages are common as are suggestions of unscrupulous behavior. Shorter insults may attack someone's appearance or personality. Without resorting to creative phrases or crass words, an easy way to insult someone in Gorsaki is to use the incorrect form of 'you'. Referring to an elder or stranger informally or a friend with the formal you is incredibly offensive. Many names can be turned into insults as well by adding -ka to the end of a nickname.

Compared to the Veronans and Etrans who rely heavily on their faith to insult, the Gornosi have an incredible repertoire of insults at hand. While the translations often sound silly, the immense hostility and vitriol behind many of these phrases goes beyond proper description. In my time in Gora Nos, I have seen grown men cower upon having their backsides compared to a toad, and an elderly woman was reduced to tears when her son pronounced that not even a pox would think her worthy to infect. I realize that it is the aim of many students to learn how to yell insults in a foreign language, but it would be impossible for me to write a book containing all the possible insults in Goraski. I recall one disgruntled villager describing a fisherman's nets as being capable of letting only big fish escape. I encourage my students to exercise their creativity when coming up with insults, and I believe that many of us could something about being offensive without being crass.

— Wilburn Suthmore

Common Phrases

Tvo utesh prodole bolenje gushke

Your father sells sickly geese

Tvoa prodicha jukusnija og peshanoka heba

Your family tastes worse than sandy bread

Tvoa mama je rodija zabichu sam otene noke

Your mother gave birth to a toad with eight legs

Sushe nje radiste nat tvojim dushum

The sun doesn't rise over your home

Nje bite nakat mogu prushite zipole

May you never be able to afford shoes

Tvoa sheshtra spana se sam pavosima

Your sister only sleeps with rats

Rige njeshiti i tvasem prishutvu

Fish rot in your presence

Tvoa basha pratvoru zabichu o rodijat stolnage

May your grandmother turn into a toad and give birth to centipedes

Nje vorodi neket proseti tvojim dushum

The gods will not visit your home

Tvoa mama kopisnosh koje je rodija kishe za zinu

Your mother is a cabbage who spawned a pickle for a son

Tjo pasi pate sam prljavishtom o sruvine

You bake pies with dirt and worms

Gladu

Dunce

Spanje

Shit

Prokele

Damn

Meshovat

Bastard

Taka baka

A thin beard

Rige njebes koste

A boneless fish

Chika

Brick

Iskra

Fire spark

Guzita

Ass

Havo

Demon

Spaleni heba

Burnt bread

Kashelo pigo

Sour beer

Djelava

Hairless

Sinjesokila

Pig faced

Pavoskila

Rat-like

Kopisnokila

Cabbage faced