Russian Slang & Colloquialisms

[Maxes]

геморрой - big problem
жопа - bad person
Бляха-муха! - used to express surprise, amazement, annoyance
Вася Пупкин - ordinary person, the man in the street, bromide
дурдом - mental hospital



Link: http://learningrussian.com/phrases/slang/part1.htm

[Black79]

hi. I from Russia if you had problems with translation slang expressions I shall try to help you

[Hex]

Вот интересно, за русский мат сдесь на форуме мона схватить бан? Я б стока написал. Я даж гдето видел словарик где около 400 страниц мата. На самом деле матных слов около 5, просто много их переделавыют. А теперь господа англоговорящие достовайте свои словари и переводите всё вышенаписаное...

[Artem_Moscow]

Originally Posted by Maxes

геморрой - big problem
жопа - bad person
Бляха-муха! - used to express surprise, amazement, annoyance
Вася Пупкин - ordinary person, the man in the street, bromide
дурдом - mental hospital



Link: http://learningrussian.com/phrases/slang/part1.htm

funny expressions used by american expats in moscow that imitate russian verbs:

boots are off!!! будь здоров! ( we, russians say whan somebody is sneezing) means "be helthy"
your bunny wrote! ёбаный в рот (used to express surprise, amazement, annoyance) means "****ed in the mouth" don't say it in public

[VladVolfovic]

I tend to prefer some additional sites as a reference for colloquialism and rude words in Russian:

• The alternative Russian dictionary - the eldest source on the net, but the quality of entries is rather erratic and updates have last occurred 2004.
• Russki-mat.net - a comprehensive dictionary of Russian slang with up to date information that I have failed to find elsewhere in English (and additional dictionaries for French, German and Breton).

My other sources are in Russian only, I am not sure whether they would be of interest here.