Quote Originally Posted by Misha Tal
Man, I ought to be ashamed of myself. I understand many words of Russian "мат"! Even can't remember how I learned that stuff! Although I never use profanity in any language [well, not that I never do it, I'm afraid I've done it somewhere else on this forum], just understanding is embarrassing enough...
A quick check:
Is "щас" a shortened form of "сейчас", and "чё", of "чего"?
Sometimes even people say ща when saying something along the lines of like "Yeah, I'm comming!" but rarely by itself. So thats a good one to know too.

like Да, ща приду! its pretty common in speach.