I’m in a benevolent mood and want to spread some proper good Welsh content, so here is a list of some of my favourite Welsh insults, swears and generally foul-mouthed sayings:
ysbrydgach (us-BRID-gach, literally ghost poop): when you drop one off in the loo and hear a splash but when you look into the toilet the shit is nowhere to be seen
rhech mewn potal/potel/pot jam (fart in a bottle/jam jar): our version of ‘as useless as a chocolate teapot’. if you call someone a rhech mewn potal, you basically just discredied their entire existence
asiffeta (AH-see-feh-tah): not exactly a swearword but used in place of saying ‘holy shit’ or ‘oh my God’ because we’re Good Christians (Except Mostly Not). thing is, asiffeta isn’t even remotely a bad word; it’s actually just the Welsh word for ringworm treatment and to this day I have no fucking clue why we use it. mind you, it’s almost exclusively used by my father and he passed it down to me, so it may just be some slang specific to my dad’s village (population: 7)
mewn cachiad: means ‘in a poo’, but we use it to mean ‘I’ll be there in a moment’
mewn dau gachiad: ‘in two poos’, so not as quick as one poo
mewn cachiad chwannan: ‘in a flea’s poo’, which means you’ll be there even faster than one poo
twmffat (TOOM-fat, with a short double oo like ‘book’): literally translates into ‘funnel’ (like the kind you use in a lab) but for some delightful reason we use it as an insult. if someone calls you a twmffat, you’re a downright fucking moron and should stop speaking lest we call you a rhech mewn potal, too
hey staff why did all the adult artists get banned but I’m still surrounded by pornbots and terrible harem fantasy game ads with crying abused women in them, I know the answer is MONEY I just really wanted to bring it up and acknowledge how fucked that is
