Thanks to the TV series "The word of the kid" all of Russia remembered the purely Kazan "chushpan". But other regions also have their own linguistic features and vivid expressions. This article contains unusual words that we learned from readers of Lifehacker and colleagues from the editorial office. Add your own options in the comments — let's share interesting dialectisms from all over the country.
Where to use: Chelyabinsk region.
What does it mean: is an abbreviated version of the word "sandwich".
Usage example: "The guests for the New Year ate all the caviar sandwiches, and I didn't even have time to try it!"
Where to use: Perm Region.
What does it mean: the tray.
Usage example: "Yesterday the waiter dropped a tray of drinks on me."
Where to use: Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Penza regions.
What does it mean: do something fast. It is often used in a stable combination of "throwing a shement".
Example of use: "Rush to the store with a shement, otherwise there is no salt."
Where to use: Samara region.
What does it mean: wild and dangerous suburbs.
Example of use: "I will not go to these kurmyshi — my teeth are more expensive to me."
Where to use: Ulyanovsk region.
What does it mean: pay, give money.
Usage example: "How much did you pay for this car?"
Where they are used: Chelyabinsk, Vologda regions.
What does it mean: drink or eat greedily (a variant of the Vologda region).
Usage example: "The guys at the entrance were hovering all night."
Where to use: Chelyabinsk region.
What does it mean: strange, weird. Someone who doesn't understand what he's doing.
Usage example: "This cat does nothing but run at night! He's kind of wild."
Where to use: Chelyabinsk region.
What does it mean: whining, complaining.
Usage example: "I don't like chatting with taxi drivers: they always start skimming."
Where to use: Tatarstan, Voronezh region.
What does it mean: a ride. "Catch a motor" — to vote with your hand by the road, to catch a car on the street.
Usage example: "There were no buses yesterday, so I drove to the cottage by motor."
Where to use: Western Siberia.
What does it mean: a stationery file.
Example of use: "To take all documents to a notary , you need to put them in a multiphore."
Where to use: Voronezh region.
What does it mean: awkward, awkward, unfit. If we are talking about a person, he is clumsy, clumsy.
Example of use: "You bought some kind of very dirty sweater: it doesn't match with anything and looks bad."
Where to use: Khabarovsk, Trans-Baikal Territory.
What does it mean: a secondary road or highway that is rarely traveled.
Usage example: "The navigator broke down on the way, so I had to drive along some chigiris."
Where to use: Belgorod region.
What does it mean: hanger, hangers.
Example of use: "Hang the jacket immediately on the trembler, otherwise it will crumple."
Where to use: Perm Region.
What does it mean: tricolor cat.
Usage example: "Everyone knows that females are most often females."
Where to use: Primorsky Krai.
What does it mean: back streets, dangerous areas, dark alleys.
Example of use: "There are such glasses in Vladivostok, where it is better not to go even during the day."
Where to use: Krasnodarskiy kray.
What does it mean: a noisy dog that barks often.
Example of use: "Something puppy you have a painful bark! He doesn't let anyone sleep."
Where to use: Penza, Saratov region.
What does it mean:Rags, rags, old clothes. If a poorly dressed person, then a "shobolak".
Usage example: "He went into a second‑hand store again yesterday and spent money on all sorts of shoeballs!"
Where they are used: Smolensk, Bryansk, Rostov regions, some regions of Western Siberia.
What does it mean: drink loudly, sip.
Usage example: "Eating at the table is indecent!"
Where to use: regions of Siberia.
What does it mean: any small flying insects, midges.
Usage example: "This summer, the forest sikarashka has completely lost its way!"
Where to use: Rostov region.
What does it mean: mulberry berries.
Example of use: "In Rostov‑on-Don restaurants‑You can taste dumplings with tyutina on the Don."
Where to use: Tula region.
What does it mean: small round gingerbread without filling.
Example of use: "Gingerbread with condensed milk ran out, I had to buy regular jam."
Where to use: Perm Region.
What does it mean: to get sick, to get sick. If we are talking about an inanimate object, it means that it is broken or does not work well.
Example of use: "The refrigerator is completely out of order — there are always puddles under it."
