I know I’ve already posted two lists of Italian swear words – first my favorites and then your suggestions – but I received this gem a few months ago from a friend, and I knew I had to share it with you. It’s just too good to keep to myself.
I bring you an Italian insult worthy of its own post:
mezza sega
The note I got from my friend, who visited Italy over the summer, explains it perfectly:
Only the best insult ever, it means, literally, half a saw. But in every day use, it means ‘half a wanker’ — somebody who is so lazy, they can’t even finish their own job.
Now my only task is to find an excuse to use this one. Often.
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My boss is Sicilian and when he used this phrase to refer to one of his employees (!) his wife told me that he called him “half a jerk off.”
Ha! So, is that employee really lazy? Or do you think your boss was trying to say something else??