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    Ну "делать деньги" тоже уже скоммуниздили, можно употреблять.
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    Quote Originally Posted by maxmixiv View Post
    Ну "делать деньги" тоже уже скоммуниздили, можно употреблять.

    I just learned this slang term a few weeks ago! It sounds hilarious to me, although I'm not sure how to do it justice in English.
    (The basic translation is "to rip off, to steal" -- but it's a wordplay-euphemism for a мат verb.)

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