Useful links

1. Russian slang dictionaries

• Словарь мата
  Comprehensive dictionary of Russian slang with meaningful explanations.

• Elementary Russian Obscenity
  Article by Boris Sukitch Razvratnikov published in 1979 by Maledicta.

• Толковый словарь мата
  Extensive dictionary of Russian slang.

• Русский мат – толковый словарь
  Dictionary of Russian mat by MK.

• Русский мат с Алексеем Плуцером-Сарно
  Official website of Alexey Plutser-Sarno, leading Russian specialist of slang. A must if you understand Russian.

• Русское ядренословие (ДК "МИРОН")
  Slang dictionary with numerous entries.

• Краткий словарь блатного жаргона
  Dictionary of Russian thieves’ slang.

• Корпоративный жаргон лиц, потребляющих наркотики
  Dictionary of Russian drug addicts slang.

• Справочник по ГУЛАГу
  Dictionary of the language spoken in soviet Gulags.

2. Articles about Russian slang

• Russische und sowjetische Soziolinguistik und tabuisierte Varietäten des Russischen (Argot, Jargons, Slang und Mat)
  Wilhelm v. Timroth, Munich 1984

• Русская бранная лексика: цензурное и нецензурное
  Article by V. Mokienko about Russian slang.

• Русский мат – следствие уничтожения табу
  A thourough article by G. Kovalev about Russian taboo language.

• Статья о мате
  Comparative analysis of slang and curses across the globe by Vladimir Koba.

• Черная брань (слово о русском мате)
  Anonymous article on Russian slang.

• Bawdy Russian (article from The New Yorker)
  Introduction to mat by Victor Evrofeyev.

• Матерщина: седая древность и цветущая юность
  Comment of A. Gorokhovski (with an amusing, but wrong, etymology of the word хуй).

• Русский мат звучит в иностранной речи...
  Article by V. Belyanin on foreign words sounding like Russian swears.

• Словари социальных и профессиональных диалектов
  Complete list of reference on Russian jargon and slang.

• Über die persönlichen Schimpfwörter im Russischen
  W. Christiani, Archiv für slavische Philologie, 1913

• Der obszöne Wortschatz im Russischen
  Ilse Ermen, München, 1993.

3. English slang

• A Dictionary of English Slang & Colloquialisms
  English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

4. German slang

• Deutsch-Österreichisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch
  Dictionary of Austrian terms, including slang and curses.

• Lexikon der Jugendsprache (pdf)
  German youth slang.

• Mundmische
  Alternative dictionary of German, collection of euphemisms.

• Schimpfwort Lexikon
  Large collection of German swears.

5. French slang

• Le dictionnaire d’argot et du français familier
  Comprehensive dictionary of French argot.

• Le Dictionnaire de la Zone
  French youth slang (or understanding what’s being said while your car is being torched in a Paris suburb).

• Le verlan
  Definition and origin of French Verlan.

• Largonji et javanais
  Explanation of javanais and slang generator.

6. Slang in other languages

• Elementary Georgian Obscenity
  Article by Boris Sukitch Razvratnikov published in 1989 by Maledicta.

• Les emprunts argotiques: analyse contrastive du procédé d’après un corpus d’argot hongrois
  Analysis of Hungarian slang by Dávid Szabó.

7. Linguistics and fun with languages

• Lexilogos
  Mots et merveilles des langues d’ici et d’ailleurs.

• Omniglot
  A guide to the languages, alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems of the world.

• Транслитерация русского алфавита
  Transliteration of the Russian alphabet

• Le noms des mois en langues slaves
  Comparaison of Slavic months names

• Анекдот.ru
  Russian jokes and funny stories.

• Баш.орг
  Amusing quotes from the Russian Internet.

• Генератор руательств
  Curse generator.

• Ленинград – самый официальный сайт
  Offical website of the group Leningrad, which songs are full of slang.

• Vie de merde
  Stories from everyday mishaps.

• Dans Ton Chat
  Amusing quotes from the French Internet.

8. Bibliography

• Adam K., Wörterbuch der Jugendsprache 2011. Stuttgart: Pons, 2010.

• Belzunce Chr., «  Racaille ! » comme disait Racine. Paris: Seuil, 2010.

• Besrukow A.W., Deutsch-Russisches Wörterbuch der Umgangssprache. Moskau: MNPK Elan, 2000.

• Caradec F., Dictionnaire du français argotique et populaire. Paris: Larousse, 2006.

• Doillon A., Dictionnaire de l’argot. Paris: Robert Laffont, 2010.

• Huhmann K., Altheim B., Französisch schimpfen. Frankfurt a.M.: Eichborn, 2006.

• Schaffrath M., Hä?? Jugendsprache unplugged. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2008.

• Shlyakhov V., Adler E., Russian Slang & Colloquial Expressions. New-York: Barron’s, 1999.

• Topol E., Dermo! The real Russian Tolstoy never used. New-York: Plume (Penguin Books), 1997.

• Буй В., Русская заветная идиоматика, веселый словарь народных выражений. Москва: Альта-Принт, 2005.

• Грачёв М.А., Толковый словарь русского жаргона. Москва: Юнвес, 2006.

• Коломиец Е.А., Русско-немецкий словарь современного молодежного жаргон. Москва: Восток-Запад, 2006.

• Мокиенко В.А., Никитина Т.Г., Словарь русской брани – матизмы, обценизмы, эвфемизмы. С-Петербург: Норинт, 2004.

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