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  • The Polacks would speak in their native tongue and either start or finish all of their sentences with the word kurwa.

    Tucson Weekly 2009

  • The Polacks would speak in their native tongue and either start or finish all of their sentences with the word kurwa.

    Tucson Weekly 2009

  • Poland goes for kurwa (whore), ja pierdolę (lit: I fuck) has been gaining in popularity though used rather differently, it usually stands on its own and can't be inserted into other expressions as in:

    languagehat.com: TRANSLATING CURSES. 2004

  • I'll sue you to hell and back, you stuck up kurwa! "

    Crooks and Liars 2010

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  • a general insult or statement of offense; the polish "fuck"

    August 8, 2009

  • unless I'm sorely mistaken, it's the Polish 'whore'.

    August 8, 2009

  • always a useful word to know

    August 8, 2009

  • i'm not quite sure, it's something i learned on omegle.

    my stranger said it was pretty much used for everything.

    August 10, 2009

  • you mean 'whore' doesn't strike you as much as 'kurwa'?

    ETA: I can see this peppering Polish the way "twat" does British English

    August 10, 2009

  • My feeling is that kurwa can be spat out with a bit more vitriol than twitty twat.

    August 10, 2009