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Cheers, stupid! (Romanian/German)

German tourists in Romania can easily offend someone just by saying Prost, cheers, when they drink a glass of champagne. In Romanian prost means 'stupid'.

Sent by: Simona

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Olya, Russia 2011-05-01

It sounds almost the same as a form of Russian adjective "prostoy" meaning "simple"

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Rosi 2009-02-21

Same goes for Bulgarian. The word prost means stupid, but also has a second meaning of 'simple'.

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Elena 2009-02-20

Same goes for Bulgarian. The word prost means stupid, but also has a second meaning of 'simple'.

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