[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.]
FRENCH: “Trempe le drapeau dans de l'héroïne et je m'en accomoderai…” ‡
GERMAN: “Tauch die Flagge im Heroin ein, dann sauge ich sie an.” ‡
GAELIC, SCOTTISH: “Bog a’ bhratach ann an heroin agus sùgidh mi oirre.” ‡
JAPANESE: もし旗をヘロに濡らしたら、俺はちゅうちゅう吸うだぜ。 — “Moshi hata wo hero ni nurashitara, ore wa chū-chū sū da ze.” ‡
‡) “Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it!” — attrib. to a famous former Commissioner of Sewers
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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press
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