[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat & total & entire point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
CATALAN: ¿Eres caganer? / ¿Eres el caganer? ‡‡
‡‡) “Are you the (manger) shitter?”
NOTE: (El) Caganer = Lit., “The shitter”; el caganer is that local shepherd squatting next to Joseph & Mary by the baby Jesus — & he has to take a ferocious dump RIGHT NOW... This scenario is depicted in a Catalunya Catholic Xmas trad., dating back to late 17th. or early 18th. C. Despite attempts by local authorities to ban public displays, el caganer has persisted & finally prevailed an essential part of Catalunya Xmas.
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