Та Вы шо? Такого колорита в англоязычном мире отродясь не бывало и не будет!
Одна разтетёха чего стоит.
В английском тоже немало колоритных словечек, еще из средневековья. Правда, не все их знают.
Вот, например:
1. ABYDOCOMIST
Whether that’s true or not, the name Abydos is the origin of abydocomist—a liar who brags about their lies. Лжец, который к тому выхваляется своим враньем.
2. BEDSWERVER
An adulterer. Another of Shakespeare’s inventions that became popular in Victorian slang. Гуляка (буквально, выворачиватель кроватей)
3. BESPAWLER
To bespawl means to spit or dribble. A bespawler is a slobbering person, who spits when he talks. Буквально: тот, кто плюется, когда разговаривает
4. BOBOLYNE
An old Tudor English word for a fool. Придурок
5. CUMBERWORLD
Also called a cumberground—someone who is so useless, they just serve to take up space. Бестолочь, только место занимает.
6. DALCOP
Cop is an old word for the head, making a dalcop (literally a “dull-head”) a particularly stupid person. You can also be a harecop, or a “hare-brained” person. Болван, пустая башка.
7. DEW-BEATER
An 18th century word for an especially large shoe, and consequently a clumsy or awkward person. Кривоногий и кроворукий.
8. DORBEL
As well as being another name for a nincompoop, a dorbel is a petty, nit-picking teacher. Болван
9. DRATE-POKE
An old English dialect word for someone who drawls or speaks indistinctly. Тот, кто жует слова, когда говорит
10. DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE
An untidy woman. Неряха
11. FOPDOODLE
An insignificant or foolish man. Дурак, ничтожество
12. FUSTYLUGS
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this term for “a woman of gross or corpulent habit” is derived from fusty, in the sense of something that’s gone off or gone stale. Неуклюжая толстуха
13. FUSTILARIAN
Another of Shakespeare’s best put-downs, coined in Henry IV, Part 2: "Away, you scullion! You rampallion! You fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe," Falstaff exclaims. If not just a variation of fustylugs, he likely meant it to mean someone who stubbornly wastes time on worthless things. Тот, кто бьет баклуши
14. GILLIE-WET-FOOT
An old Scots word for a swindling businessman, or someone who gets into debt and then flees. Жулик
15. GNASHGAB
An 18th century northern English word for someone who only ever seems to complain. Ябеда
16. GOBERMOUCH
An old Irish word for a nosy, prying person who likes to interfere in other people’s business. Тот, кто сует свой нос в чужие дела
17. GOWPENFUL-O’-ANYTHING
A gowpen is the bowl formed by cupping your hands together, while a gowpenful-o’-anything is “a contemptuous term applied to one who is a medley of everything absurd,” according to the English Dialect Dictionary. Помесь дурака с невежей.
18. KLAZOMANIAC
Someone who only seems able to speak by shouting. Тот, кто всегда орет
19. LEASING-MONGER
A leasing is an old word for an untruth or falsehood, making a leasing-monger or a leasing-maker a habitual liar. Лжец
20. LOITER-SACK
This is a 17th century term for a slacker. An idling, lazy good-for-nothing. Literally, someone who seems to spend all day in bed. Лентяй, бездельник
21. LUBBERWORT
In the 16th century, lubberwort was the name of an imaginary plant that was supposed to cause sluggishness or stupidity, and ultimately came to be used as a nickname for a lethargic, fuzzy-minded person. Болван
22. MUCK-SPOUT
A dialect word for someone who not only talks a lot, but who seems to constantly swear. Тот, кто много болтает и при этом с руганью
23. MUMBLECRUST
Derived from the name of a stock character in medieval theatrical farces, a mumblecrust is a toothless beggar. Буквально беззубый попрошайка
24. QUISBY
In Victorian English, doing quisby meant shirking from work or lazing around. A quisby was someone who did just that. Лентяй, избегающий любой работы
25. RAGGABRASH
A disorganized or grubby person. Тот, у кого все из рук валится
26. RAKEFIRE
A visitor who outstays his or her welcome. Originally, someone who stays so late the dying coals in the fireplace would need to be raked over just to keep it burning. Гость, не желающий уходить
27. ROIDERBANKS
Someone who lives beyond their means, or seems to spend extravagantly. Живущий не по средствам
28. SADDLE-GOOSE
Saddling geese is a proverbially pointless exercise, so anyone who wastes their time doing it—namely, a saddle-goose—must be an imbecile. Тот кто бьет баклуши, лентяй
29. SCOBBERLOTCHER
Probably derived from scopperloit, an old English dialect word for a vacation or a break from work, a scobberlotcher is someone who never works hard. Лентяй, не умеющий работать
30. SKELPIE-LIMMER
A badly-behaved child, from the old Scots word skelpie, meaning “misbehaving” or “deserving punishment.” Непослушный ребенок
31. SMELL-FEAST
Someone who turns up uninvited at a meal or party and expects to be fed. Незваный гость
32. SMELLFUNGUS
Any buzz-killing faultfinder—an in particular someone who always finds fault in the places they visit. Ворчливый человек, всегда осуждающий все и вся.
33. SNOUTBAND
Someone who constantly interrupts a conversation, typically only to contradict or correct someone else. Тот, кто всегда перебивает других и спорит по пустякам
34. SORNER
Sorning was the 16th century equivalent of mooching or sponging, and so a sorner is someone who unappreciatively lives off other people. Живущий за счет других
35. STAMPCRAB
A heavy-footed, clumsy person. Неуклюжий человек
36. STYMPHALIST
In Greek A Stymphalist is someone who smells just as unpleasant. Вонючка
37. TALLOWCATCH
Another of Shakespeare’s inventions directed at the gross, womanizing knight Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 1. It’s probably derived from “tallow ketch,” literally “a barrel of fat.” Буквально бочка жира, толстяк
38. TRIPTAKER
A finicky, fault-finding pedant. Педант, всегда придирающийся ко всему
39. WANDOUGHT
A weak and ineffectual man. (Wandoughty is an old word for impotence. Say no more.) Слабак
40. WHIFFLE-WHAFFLE
An indecisive, time-wasting ditherer. Мямля
41. YALDSON
A 15th century word literally meaning “the son of a prostitute.” Выродок, буквально Сын шлюхи.
42. ZOILIST
Zoilus was a Greek grammarian who became known as one of the most vitriolic critics of Homer, author of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Consequently, a zoilist is an overly-critical and judgmental nitpicker. Придира
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