Our Off-Color Dictionary began when our Turkish nephew, Yanki, suggested (in 1996) that we prepare a page of the most commonly heard Turkish curse words. If we left them out, he warned, our coverage of ‘Practical Turkish’ would be incomplete. How could Turkish students manage, he insisted, without a basic knowledge of everyday Turkish slang and profanity?
And then he persuaded us that you can never have a complete idea of a language unless you are familiar with its bawdy jargon. (This is especially true in a language like Turkish, where faded words can be intermixed with everyday ‘polite’ speech, without blinking. Boktan comes to mind first, for example.)
And here’s one of our favorite racy Turkish colloquialisms …
Like an outbreak of geek, there’s also:
and
bed. take a free kick
Illustrative examples:
Hülya Avsar is one of Turkey’s favorite stars of theater, screen and television. Besides being nice, talented and pretty, she … ummm… sexy, which multiplies his legion of fans. AND Frikik ‘antics’ by Hülya inspire her celebrity sisters, who emulate her, on purpose.
So when actress and model Hande Ataizi started to steer clear of celebrity headlines, she decided to take action, as quickly as she could … The other night, as she was out bars with her latest love, she was wearing a microphone. silk. mini dress, and as she left the bar scene to return home, she gave the photographers what they described as “The Frikik (free kick) of the year!“
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