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Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dead, prison service says
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The English "pedarast" is not a great translation. Not vulgar, or like, swear-wordy enough. Doesn't capture the Russian connotations. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81

пидорас Russian

Alternative forms

пидара́с (pidarás)

пдр (pdr) (SMS slang)

пдрс (pdrs) (SMS slang)

Etymology

Deliberate mispronunciation of педера́ст (pederást, pedɛrást).

It then goes on to say

Noun

пидора́с • (pidorás) m anim (genitive пидора́са, nominative plural пидора́сы, genitive plural пидора́сов)

  1. (vulgar, offensive) fag, faggot (homosexual)
  2. (vulgar) asshole (mean or rude person)