Russiaблин (blin)
interjection · Informal · BLEEN
Damn; oh no. The single most common mild swear in Russian and the one foreigners can safely use — a schoolteacher says it, a grandmother says it, it appears in children's cartoons.
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Russian Slang for Filler Words
6 Russian slang terms for filler words, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
The small words that hold speech together: hedges, tags, intensifiers and pause-fillers. Almost invisible to native speakers and almost impossible for learners.
давай (davay)
interjection, phrase · Colloquial · da-VAY
The standard informal sign-off on the phone: 'right, see you, bye'. Often doubled — давай-давай — and usually the last word before hanging up.
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как бы (kak by)
phrase, adverb · Colloquial · KAK by
Sort of; kind of. A hedge that softens whatever follows, and in heavy users a tic attached to every second phrase.
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короче (koroche)
adverb, interjection · Colloquial · ka-RO-che
Anyway; long story short. Announces that the speaker is about to get to the point, and is then very often followed by several more minutes of preamble.
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норм (norm)
adjective, adverb, interjection · Informal · NORM
Fine; all right; good enough. The standard low-effort reply to 'how are you' and to 'what did you think', and a genuine positive — норм is not damning with faint praise.
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типа (tipa)
adverb, phrase · Colloquial · TEE-pa
Like; sort of. Hedges an approximation — типа того, 'something like that' — and introduces reported speech exactly as English 'like' does: он типа не знал.
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