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Pozdro & kasa? - examples of Polish word abbreviations

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Polonius3Threads: 551 Posts: 2405 Joined: Apr 11, 08 Gender: Male Jun 4, 08, 12:23 #1
	How long has the tendency to abbreviate common terms been around 5, 10, 15 years or more? I refer to such things as pozdro, nara, spoko, siema, etc. Does anyone know any more such examples? Are any of these examples of gaol slang entering normal slang or at least youth jargon? How about the slang term for money? Which is your favourite: szmal, forsa, kasa, dutki, hajc...? Know any others?

JustysiaSThreads: 9 Posts: 2428 Joined: Oct 14, 07 Gender: Female GOLD MEMBER Jun 4, 08, 12:25 #2
	mamona, kapusta, szmelc ;)

SwiteziankaThreads: - Posts: 544 Joined: Jun 17, 08 Gender: Female Jun 22, 08, 09:16 #3
	Polonius3: Are any of these examples of gaol slang entering normal slang or at least youth jargon? 'Siema' is a trademark word of Jurek Owsiak The others are used by older people who think they sound cool and young when they use it, or by youths who think using slangy words will make them cool. I think 'spoko' is entering more common speech. Sometimes I use it, but never in formal situations. I guess these words sound a bit... ridiculous. I'm 22, so I guess I'm still a youth, but if someone started talking to me like that, I wouldn't treat the person seriously. Only Jurek Owsiak can say 'Siema!' and not turn out silly. :)

daveithinkThreads: 6 Posts: 19 Joined: Mar 2, 09 Gender: Male Mar 28, 09, 20:07 #5
	it's short for pozdrawiam

Guest May 30, 09, 02:16 #6
	the priests can say pochwa instead of pochwalony ;-)

krysiaThreads: 29 Posts: 3685 Joined: Aug 10, 06 Gender: Female May 30, 09, 03:26 #7
	That's OK, because a priest has never seen a pochwa. Or did he....????

shark8 May 30, 09, 04:05 #8
	Technically he has seen one during his birth ;-)

BondiThreads: 4 Posts: 143 Joined: Sep 11, 07 Gender: Male Jun 4, 09, 20:41 #9
	Siema! Nice topic this is. Nara!

Wies-mac Jun 5, 09, 10:41 #10
	I have good out-dated word: W PYTE!! It is used by rednecks to say that something is cool. Yeah....

SwiteziankaThreads: - Posts: 544 Joined: Jun 17, 08 Gender: Female Jun 5, 09, 20:07 #11
	Wies-mac: W PYTE!! W pytę

SeanusThreads: 17 Posts: 16665 Joined: Dec 25, 07 Gender: Male Jun 5, 09, 21:14 #12
	Krysia, why the talk of pochwa? ;) Poz is even more common for pozdrawiam I think.

Guest Jun 6, 09, 07:48 #13
	Seanus: Poz is even more common for pozdrawiam I think. If I see POZ i think of poznań, not pozdrawiam. w pytę is good, PYTA = BIG COCK

mafketisThreads: 4 Posts: 828 Joined: Mar 31, 08 Gender: Male Edited by: mafketis Jun 6, 09, 09:14 #14
	Polonius3: Know any others? In Poznan there's also siano (lit. hay) and bejmy (from German???)

znafca Jun 18, 09, 07:55 #15
	kaska (cassca), hajs (hice), papier (papee-er), dutki (dootkie) -> this one is from mountain side, it is good if used by foreigner. everybody will be shocked if you say like: ni mom dutkuf panocku (ain't got money man) -> pronounced: nee mom doot koof pano-ts-coo. LOL

michalekThreads: 1 Posts: 66 Joined: Jun 14, 09 Gender: Male Edited by: michalek Jun 18, 09, 11:02 #16
	znafca: In Poznan there's also siano (lit. hay) yes, very popular in Lodz we say 'siopka'(money)/'nie mam siopki'(i'm out of money) very often (it doesnt translate to english... i don't even know what does it mean in polish :P :) )

LeftyThreads: 20 Posts: 202 Joined: Jul 23, 09 Gender: Male GOLD MEMBER Aug 7, 09, 14:55 #17
	So 'Siema' is made by that guy but what does it actually mean? I always thought of it deconstructed as 'Sie ma' like I/You - have i.e. some kind of greeting like whassup! :D - Your posts are so inspirational... I educate myself so I'll never be that stupid

michaltkThreads: 1 Posts: 66 Joined: Jul 16, 09 Gender: Male Aug 7, 09, 16:24 #18
	Siema - yo, sup, hey etc.

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 7 Posts: 1332 Joined: Feb 21, 09 Gender: Male Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Aug 7, 09, 16:29 #19
	Lefty: So 'Siema' is made by that guy but what does it actually mean? I always thought of it deconstructed as 'Sie ma' like I/You - have i.e. some kind of greeting like whassup! Yes. Something like "yo.. what's up?" in English. But kind of a retorical question, which doesn't need an answer. I heard it was abbr. from "jak się masz?". But without the ę-pronunciation of course. Does anyone know if it's true?

michalekThreads: 1 Posts: 66 Joined: Jun 14, 09 Gender: Male Aug 7, 09, 17:03 #20
	i think "siema" is the word made by Jurek Owsiak in early 90's when the Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity) was made. He was used to say siema every time he was appearing on tv :) its made from "jak sie masz" as Szwed said :)

LeftyThreads: 20 Posts: 202 Joined: Jul 23, 09 Gender: Male GOLD MEMBER Aug 7, 09, 19:44 #21
	michalek: i think "siema" is the word made by Jurek Owsiak in early 90's when the Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity) was made. He was used to say siema every time he was appearing on tv :) its made from "jak sie masz" as Szwed said :) Cheers. How about Siemanko? i co tam w łódź? - Your posts are so inspirational... I educate myself so I'll never be that stupid

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