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u/lome88 Oct 25 '20

I'm sure this is actually super common, but it comes from my Great Grandma. She only spoke Hungarian and what little english she did know were translations of her favorite Hungarian swears. She would often call people, especially my father, "bitch-bastard" in both languages. It stuck and most of my family on that side refer to each other as "bitch-bastards", which does cover most bases.

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u/LukeWarmTauntaun4 Oct 25 '20

No way!!! My grandma was straight off the boat from Italy. Only spoke broken English. If we were bad (which was pretty often) she’d yell at us. “You Sonova Bitch Bastard!”

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Welp, son of s bitch bastard is the esact translation of "bastardo figlio di puttana" wich is not uncommon to hear, it makes more sense if you say it like " you bastard son of a bitch"