Fun Slang in SUL
None of this is standard SUL - it's the playful layer built on top, the way real slang gets built everywhere.
agufnafek (eat-good) is the compliment with your mouth full - efnogaknotuf (we-go-command) is the push out the door - ogaknagut needs no goodbye attached.
| Meaning | SUL | Literally | Written | Hear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delicious! | agufnafek | eat-good | agufnafekaagguuffnnaaffeekk | |
| Let's go! | efnogaknotuf | we-go-command | efnogaknotufeeffnnooggaakknnoottuuff | |
| No way! | aknases | no-very | aknasesaakknnaasseess | |
| Oh my God! | ogis | God | ogisooggiiss | |
| What?! | ates | what | atesaatteess | |
| Gotta go / I'm out | ogaknagut | go-now | ogaknagutooggaakknnaagguutt |
Kids (otasnisus, person-new) shout single words: something great is ages (fire), laughed too hard and you're usot (dead), nail it and you ekuknases it (hit-very - the very tells you nobody got punched). A beginner is afognotnuk (know-doer-antonym): not stupid, just hasn't learned yet. And ogag is the filler word, like English "like". It drives the elders insane.
| Meaning | SUL | Literally | Written | Hear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazing! That's fire! | ages | fire | agesaaggeess | |
| I'm dead (from laughing) | usot | death | usotuussoott | |
| Facts. So true. | otak | true | otakoottaakk | |
| For real / no cap | otaknases | true-very | otaknasesoottaakknnaasseess | |
| Nailed it! Smashed it! | ekuknases | hit-very | ekuknaseseekkuukknnaasseess | |
| Slick, well done | etik | clean | etikeettiikk | |
| Intense, serious, deep | ufof | heavy | ufofuuffooff | |
| Noob (mild tease) | afognotnuk | know-doer-antonym | afognotnukaaffooggnnoottnnuukk | |
| Total fool (stronger) | afesnuknases | smart-antonym-very | afesnuknasesaaffeessnnuukknnaasseess |
Elders (otasnutak, person-old) say ekis (cool) where kids say fire, call someone they adore atuf, and love the deadpan flip afeknasesnuk ("...NOT!"). At the door you'll get agufnaguf - eat-eat - strictly not SUL at all: doubling means nothing in the language, but grandmothers do it in every language on Earth ("mangia mangia") and nobody corrects a grandmother.
| Meaning | SUL | Literally | Written | Hear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cool! (dated but beloved) | ekis | ice | ekiseekkiiss | |
| You're wonderful (endearment) | atuf | sun | atufaattuuff | |
| ...NOT! (dated sarcasm) | afeknasesnuk | good-very-antonym | afeknasesnukaaffeekknnaasseessnnuukk | |
| Blockhead (dated insult) | etusnokuk | head-stone | etusnokukeettuussnnookkuukk | |
| Eat, eat! (grandparent's welcome) | agufnaguf | eat-eat | agufnagufaagguuffnnaagguuff |
SUL has no four-letter words - angry people grab ordinary words and throw them, as in every language (Korean "dog-child", Mandarin "roll!"). Conveniently the meanest words (egef, ekuf) are packed with hard k and t sounds you can spit.
| Meaning | SUL | Literally | Written | Hear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shut your mouth! (stop talking) | agifnafugnotuf | say-halt-command | agifnafugnotufaaggiiffnnaaffuuggnnoottuuff | |
| Get lost! Beat it! | ogaknotuf | go-command | ogaknotufooggaakknnoottuuff | |
| Cold-blooded monster (ice for blood) | ekutnekis | blood-ice | ekutnekiseekkuuttnneekkiiss | |
| Bitch! (a bad dog) | egefnoget | dog-bad | egefnogeteeggeeffnnooggeett | |
| Die! | usotnotuf | death-command | usotnotufuussoottnnoottuuff | |
| Drop dead! (fall dead) | otuknusotnotuf | fall-death-command | otuknusotnotufoottuukknnuussoottnnoottuuff | |
| Son of a dog! | otesnegef | child-dog | otesnegefootteessnneeggeeff | |
| Utterly bad son of a dog! (nuclear) | otesnegefnogetwases | child-dog-bad+very | otesnegefnogetwasesootteessnneeggeeffnnooggeettwwaasseess |
Even at maximum fury the rules hold: very can't grade a dog or a person, only a description - so the nuclear form chains bad on and aims the w glue at that: otesnegefnogetwases (child-dog-bad+very), an utterly BAD son of a dog. And usotnotuf uses the ordinary command piece - screamable, never mishearable.
Almost everything above is ordinary words and ordinary gluing. The lone outlaw is grandma's agufnaguf. Slang bends the tone, not the rules.
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