Bloody hell, flipping heck, stone me. An incredibly popular, euphemistic rhyming exclamation combining the root-modified adjective ядрёный (potent, vigorous, or explosive) with the noun батон (a loaf of white bread). In casual speech, it functions as a colorful, completely non-profane interjection used to express intense surprise, frustration, or dismay. Because it avoids any explicit obscenity while mimicking the aggressive phonetic rhythm of standard mat (profane) curses, it is widely used in polite company or on television to vent frustration without causing offense.
Ядрён батон, весна пришла!
Blimey, spring has come!
(koroliuk @ ЖЖ, 04/2009)
