Mark of admiration, brilliant, fantastic. Literally meaning “the plague”, it is used to describe something exceptionally cool, impressive, or unbelievable (этот концерт — просто чума! — “this concert is totally wicked!”).
Недавно я наткнулся на съемку грозы с расстояния в пол сотни метров, ваще чума!
I recently came across pictures of a thunderstorm taken from fifty metres away, bloody brilliant!
(06/2009)
