Thursday, March 19, 2015

个板板的

武汉有句俗语叫“个板板的”。有个外地朋友问我它是什么意思。以下是我自以为比较准确的解释:

“个板板的” is a local expletive and expression of exclamation, often used in a contentious, especially highly confrontational, situation (see Example 1), but also used among friends as a sign of intimacy (see Example 2).  

例1:你个板板的想搞么事啊?What the heck do you want to do?
例2:他个板板的还蛮傲来! He son of a gun surely is pretty good!

My Childhood Compound Demolished and Under Construction (Wuhan, 2014)