[Maltese]

[Maltese] is my [mother tongue] and it is an immensely [foul] language.

That introduction might be construed as intentionally [blunt] or absurdly [brief] but in fact the list of [curses] and [blasphemous] phrases is practically endless. To add [insult] to [injury], we compose [profanity] to suit the situation, making use of a [permutation] that has as yet been unused.

Just in case you were wondering,

"But you will surely reach a [saturation] point one day when every curse has been cursed and no more divine beings are left to blaspheme by"

my reply is a definite [no].

Reasons for this are based around the huge religious fervour that our [Catholic] culture is based on, providing limitless amounts of Saints, representations for the Blessed Virgin (try saying that in Maltese!), and attributes to God Himself to blaspheme by. Add this to the creativity of a population with no art or music to speak of since all the excess has been funneled into making blapshemy an art and cursing a culture.

On to the actual swearing. This will by no means make you a competent [Maltese] blasphemer since that would take an entire database plus writing a dedicated script to finally thrash out all the remaining combinations. It serves as an introduction to the World of Maltese Insults.

The Basics

Il-Ostja : (Il - Ostya), The [Host], everyday expletive.
L'oxx : (Losh), [Cunt], idiot.
Liba : Literally [sperm], [seminal fluid] but is a harsh way of saying that the person in question is very nasty.
Hudu f'sormok : Up yours. Very rare.
F'oxx ommok : (Fosh ommok), [Fuck] your mother.
F'oxx kemm ghandek : (Fosh kem andek) [Fuck] all your [relatives].

Basic Blasphemy

Haqq (insert deity) : (Haqq is almost impossible to pronounce. The 'q' is a hard guttural sound almost like a suppressed cough) Basically means [Damn] whoever. Commonly [God|Alla] or [Madonna].
F'oxx (insert deity) : Fuck whatever deity you've chosen.

Journey on

F'oxx ommok, dik il-"insert adjective here" : Fuck your mother, that "adjective". Most commonly [whore|qahba](guttural 'q' and hard 'h'), liba, etc.
F'oxx (complex phrase) : A basic example would be "F'oxx l-iskarpan li gibdek" (Fosh liskahrpahn lee jib-deck) meaning 'Fuck the shoemaker that assisted to your [childbirth|delivery]', but this is only scratching the surface.

The extent to which this is taken makes it unreproducible. I just can't bring myself to type and post some of the more "colourful" expressions, some of which take minutes to utter and hours to translate. This introduction should, however, equip you for your average week's holiday in [Malta].

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