jebote

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jebao +‎ te as originally used in expressions with a following noun X, literally ‘X fucked you’ or (with a jussive interpretation) ‘may X fuck you’.

Interjection

jebote (Cyrillic spelling јеботе)

  1. (vulgar) fuck, holy shit, for fuck's sake (expressing surprise or frustration)
    Kako si uradio test? ― How did you do on the test?
    Aaa, jebote, nisam ništa znao! ― Aaah! For fuck's sake! I didn't know anything!
    Koliko si para dobio? ― How much money did you get?
    Pedeset. ― Fifty.
    Jebote, pedeset?! ― Holy shit! Only fifty?!
  2. (vulgar) used as an intensifier
    Gd(j)e si, jebote, bio c(ij)elo ovo vr(ij)eme? ― Where the fuck have you been all this time?!
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