miten menee saatan paska

14:40 Sep 26, 2005
Finnish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Economics / nonoen
Finnish term or phrase: miten menee saatan paska
what does it mean?
elias


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4 +1"What's up, you piece of shit?"
JonathanBrown


  

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"What's up, you piece of shit?"


Explanation:
It seems you are referring to the phrase "Miten menee, saatanan paska?" (You seem to have misspelled the genetive for of the word saatana, satan.)

This phrase is pretty offensive way to greet someone, and would normally confer a deep disdain for the recipient. In the case of close friends, the sheer offensiveness could be meant as a joke, although it would signify a strange sense of humor.

Literally it means "How is it going, you satan's shit?". If you were in the United States, and you wanted to say something of similar vulgarity, with a similar lower class connotation, you might say "What's up, you piece of shit?". Then again, there are about 20 other things you could also say that would be similar. If you were African American, you might say "What up, muthafuckah?".

JonathanBrown
Local time: 06:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish

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