Thread: "поматросить и бросить"

I saw this on a message board; can someone explain to me what "поматросить и бросить" means in this context? I know that the second part has to do with throwing, and a wild stab is that the first word is somehow associated with sailing?

Т.е. Беларусь, как и Украину, хотят "поматросить и бросить".[/b]

Well, lingvo gives:

love them and leave them — поматросить и бросить (женщину)

It is usually used in the context of a guy/girl relationship. The expression is based on the idea that sailors are not reliable partners... So, поматросить means to use up or to take advantage of...

Not really, in fact it's associated with f*&ing
Unfortunately I don't know the origin of this phrase but it is fairly common and means "to use as a sexual partner for a while and then leave".
"Поматросить" here is perhaps related to the seaman's hunger for sex due to long sexual deprivation while sailing.

Ohhh....ok...is this very vulgar to say (perhaps I should change the title for this posting?)? Could поматросить then be derived from the famous мать usages?

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Ohhh....ok...is this very vulgar to say (perhaps I should change the title for this posting?)? Could поматросить then be derived from the famous мать usages?

No it's not vulgar. Don't be so pedantic. The phrase itself does not carry any references to sex. It's called humor.
Поматросить = по (prefix which means a repeated action here) + матросить (a verb formed from матрос - seaman).

Originally Posted by pisces

No it's not vulgar. Don't be so pedantic. The phrase itself does not carry any references to sex. It's called humor.
Поматросить = по (prefix which means a repeated action here) + матросить (a verb formed from матрос - seaman).

I don't think expressing concern for using something that may be vulgar automatically makes me pedantic -- I simply don't want to use a phrase in the wrong context and cause a huge blow-up. The very fact that you said it = f***ing would seem to indicate that someone might want to use caution using this phrase. And now I understand that it doesn't explicitly mean something sexual -- neither does "screwing" in English, but for a foreigner that it's secondary meaning may give them pause before using it. That's all.

Thank you and all the other posters who answered this question.

hump 'em and dump 'em ........according to Multitran. That's not too rude, is it?

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Originally Posted by pisces

No it's not vulgar. Don't be so pedantic. The phrase itself does not carry any references to sex. It's called humor.
Поматросить = по (prefix which means a repeated action here) + матросить (a verb formed from матрос - seaman).

I don't think expressing concern for using something that may be vulgar automatically makes me pedantic -- I simply don't want to use a phrase in the wrong context and cause a huge blow-up. The very fact that you said it = f***ing would seem to indicate that someone might want to use caution using this phrase. And now I understand that it doesn't explicitly mean something sexual -- neither does "screwing" in English, but for a foreigner that it's secondary meaning may give them pause before using it. That's all.

Thank you and all the other posters who answered this question.

I used the term "f%&ing" just as a synonym of "having sex" because I think it's not the place where one must speak strictly pure "Hochenglisch". "Вы$#ать и послать на х%й" - yes, this is vulgar and rude. But "поматросить и бросить" is just ironical.
Of course in official speech one should avoid using such phrases, but in colloquial speech it's pretty innocent.
And by the way, should rude phrases really be modified here if they are used strictly for learning or illustrative purposes? IMHO it's like a gynecologist avoiding looking at vagina...

I don't think that "поматросить и бросить" implies more sexual relationship than for example the phrase "he had a love affair with her but yesterday they broke up"

Lol hell yea. Hit it and quit it. U know what i mean DDT? Yeaheahhe yeah.