Lemko expressions - just for fun. Please feel free to add your own. FROM THE OLDER GENERATION: I need that like I need hole in the head. This means that the answer is no. Do Shtora - Any place you go to buy stuff. Budt Sharrap - What your Dido was really saying when you thought he was saying You Shut Up. And you should have run. Samma ma gun - A villain (son of a gun) B*tch vacation - Actually, quite a good vacation at the beach. (We hear Plattsburgh b*tch in NY is nice) Massoftwosh*ts - A state that has exorbitant taxes and a name that is difficult for immigrants to pronounce. Smarkatch - A sarcastic person or a know-it-all (literally a snot-nosed kid) Bigshot - One word. Refers to anyone of high social stature as well as those who just believe that they are. These people sometimes have smarkatch traits. Macaroni - Any kind of pasta. Unless its shpagat which has tomato sauce (or even ketchup, actually...) Yolop-pino Peppers - Very spicy peppers usually consumed by people who are not that smark NEWER GENERATIONS: No Prob-lemko: An expression coined by Alex Gyba meant to convey zen, patience and understanding among Lemkos. Babushkids - Lemko/Ukrainian/Rusyn kids who are embarrassed that their Baba has tied a scarf (khustka) around their head to make sure they no catchin cold (protyakh). Meyer Lemko - A Lemko or Lemkynia who loves cooking or baking with Meyer lemons, and whose iPhone autocorrects to this phrase when texting about it. (Similar absurd expressions are created this way, as ones iPhone adapts to Lemko-ness) Dont Rain on My Vatra - Used in Lemko social networking forums, it means Please dont argue about identity again.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:35:28 +0000
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