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    ярунда = ?

    ярунда = ?

    конч = freak?

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    Re: ярунда = ?

    Quote Originally Posted by uno
    eрунда = ?
    rubbish, gibberish, nonsense
    Quote Originally Posted by uno
    конч = freak?
    more or less
    I can deduce that it has derived from конченый человек (literally: finished man) a man nobody believes in, hopeless (all is lost for him).
    It most definetely doesn't mean that he's dead, so he's finished just figuratively.

    You can say that about heavy drug addicts, for example. And of course, such shortening could mean also a freak.
    Send me a PM if you need me.

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    thanks ramil,

    I'm in moscow trying to work out all the slang i hear. Appreciate it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by uno
    I'm in moscow trying to work out all the slang i hear. Appreciate it.
    BTW, "ерунда" is not a slang word. It's very common and literary. It also can be used as an answer to thanking. For example:
    - Огромное Вам спасибо!
    - Да что Вы, ерунда.
    Please, correct my mistakes, except for the cases I misspell something on purpose!

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    ерунда - hooey
    Could you please occasionally correct my stupid errors!
    Korrigiert bitte ab und zu meine dummen Fehler!

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