Friday, October 4, 2013

fri., 4 oct., 2013: a romany diagnosis, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


        
ROMANY GYPSY:  Poggered... ‡

 ‡ )  Destroyed, damaged, wrecked, broken, ruined, devastated   i.e.,  “Fucked...”    —  “I am poggered...”  /  “You be poggered...”  Romany dial. of UK...   Etym.,  Russ.,  Погром  —  Pogrom  =  a campaign of persecution & “ethnic cleansing”,  traditionally aimed at Jewish communities in Russia & Poland

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