• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 months ago

      “Fuck you, MAGA assholes*. No more orange 2024.”

      *pendejo, as a slang word, is not directly translatable but the equivalent of ‘asshole.’

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        10 months ago

        I always thought pendejo was similar to dickhead. I first remember hearing it in GTA San Andreas and I think they had a translation in the subtitles. I think. It’s been a minute.

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          Is there a functional distinction between “asshole” and “dickhead” that I’ve never been familiar with despite being a native English speaker?

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            Thinking about it, I feel that a dickhead does dickhead things more randomly, but an asshole does asshole things for a reason, on purpose.

            Like a dickhead may fuck things up for everyone, whereas asshole fucks up things for other people.

            Just my thoughts.

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          It’s generally translated as “asshole,” most commonly in a phrase like “¡chinga tu madre, pinche pendejo!” meaning “fuck you, asshole!”

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          I also first heard it in San Andreas. The way I remember it, one of the Latino gangsters calls you or big smoke a pendejo and I think the guy responds with “who are you calling a dickhead?!” Or something.

          So it gets translated, but indirectly, which I think is cool.

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      Chinga tu MAGA: Variant of Cinga tu madre, “fuck your mother”

      Pendejo: asshole, dickhead, dumbass. SUPER versatile personal insult.

      No mas naranja: no more orange