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    pokachenu

    can someone please tell me what "pokachenu" means ?

    thanks in advance for your answer(s)
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    It's a kid's teaser for the question Почему (Why).

    There's a difference between "почему?" (why?) and "по чему?" (on/along/through what):

    Почему идёт человек? - Why (a) man walks (is walking)?
    По чему идёт человек? - What (a) man walks (is walking) along/on?

    so if someone asks "Почему", you may answer "По кочану" (it's a slang substitute for head):

    - По чему? (on what)
    - По кочану (on your head) (the meaning can vary from 'it's just the way it is' to 'I can't (don't want to) answer your question' and even to 'it's none of your business')


    Кочан: head (капусты); loaf (капусты) (of a cabbage).
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    I always thought that "по качану" was just for a rhyme and had nothing to do with a caggabe or a head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by net surfer
    "по кочану"
    It is a rhyme, but there must be some real word behind it.
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    Re: pokachenu

    Quote Originally Posted by possopo
    can someone please tell me what "pokachenu" means ?

    thanks in advance for your answer(s)
    "Just because!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    It is a rhyme, but there must be some real word behind it.
    Maybe but it doesn't make sense to me if качан=голова.

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    lol so is it with O or A ?
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

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    It's absolutrly irrelevant here whether "кочан" means a human head or head of cabbage. It's just a rhyme, don't look for a deep meaning.
    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy182
    lol so is it with O or A ?
    кОчан

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    Quote Originally Posted by net surfer
    Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
    It is a rhyme, but there must be some real word behind it.
    Maybe but it doesn't make sense to me if качан=голова.
    It was not supposed to...
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