Even among the Russian intelligentsia centuries ago, the word "poets" was the beginning of the appearance of the word "boy." But this version is fundamentally wrong, any resident of Israel will say this. What does “poets” really mean and where did this word come from in Hebrew?
Word history. Mystical option
Before starting to understand what is the meaning of the word “Pots” among the Jews, I would like to provide statistics. According to analysts and historians, "poets" is the third most popular word among Jews. The first is mom and grandmother, but in third place is pop.
Let's start from the very beginning, with the history of the appearance of the word. Here, as they say, it is shrouded in darkness and mystery. There are several versions of the appearance of this word. One of the most popular is as follows.
From an early age, Jewish children, already knowing exactly what “poet” means, are afraid to pronounce this word loudly. They only whisper, so that their parents do not hear, they say: "This is the person who deprives virgins of virginity." According to some fictional linguistic data, Jews in ancient times never buried women if they were virgins. In the next world, they certainly had to go full-fledged women. Before the funeral, they must have been deprived of this “title." For such work, and was attracted by pop. As a rule, these were people mentally ill, underdeveloped, fools, as they were often called.
In fact
The older the child became, the clearer he understood that this mystical story is not in vain carries such a name. For an adult, “Hebrew” in Hebrew is a kind of abusive word, quite often used. It can have two meanings. The first is negative, derogatory, and the second is more humorous, positive and has the task of more to tease and bully than to insult.
Many adults will say that Hebrew is the male reproductive organ. There are a large number of analogues in the Russian language. But in fact, historical references indicate that this is more of a canine genital, rather than a human. Often, scolding someone, a Jew will say: “Oh, you, dirty poet!” And still it will not be said with anger, not with the desire to offend or humiliate, but with laughter, with a joke or a mockery.
Options for word
There are several more options for what “pots” means. If we draw an analogy with the Russian language, then such curses as a fool, a goat, an idiot came from the Jewish poet. Often in a conversation this value is implied. For example, a Russian classic would say: "Prince Myshkin is a fool." And the inhabitant of Odessa will say: "You're a shot, prince."
Odessans consider this word not offensive at all. For example, they can easily ask: “Poets, is your mother at home?” And this will simply mean a mockery and an open hint that you have your pants open in the fly area.
Boy is not a kid
Many scientists and representatives of the twentieth-century Russian intelligentsia sincerely believed that “poets” came from the word “poets”. And it was from him that the more modern - the “boy” - went. Dmitry Ushakov, compiling his own explanatory dictionary, did not even want to include the word “boy” in his list, since he sincerely believed that it happened, as it turns out, from the name of the male genital organ. In fact, one word has no relation to another.
Only after a good two decades, changes were made to the explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. And then the angry letters and messages from the people immediately went: “What have you done! How could they include the swear word in the lexicon of a Russian person ?! I would never approve of Ozhegov! ”
A lot of Jewish words and expressions went to the people - to Russian concentration camps, and then to the Soviet Zekov jargon. And here the tangible difference is visible between the “father” and “boy”. A person who speaks "in a hairdryer" will not abuse the controversial word borrowed from Yiddish. In terms of speech, it is, of course, much milder than the Russian "idiot". Who knows what “pots” means, he will always think before using it.
And they are written, if we go deeper, these two words are completely different. “Pots” is written through the letter “o”, but the correctly written word “patsan” will be with a completely different letter.
STOP
Have you ever paid attention to the fact that in Israel you will never see the stop sign? In this country, a prohibition sign looks just like a red stopping hand in the middle of a white square. Why? The answer is very simple.
Every local resident understands who the Jews are. And after reading this word, as is customary in Israel, the word "poets" is obtained from right to left. Swearing on a road sign? Yes, that is right. It was decided to change the word to a prohibiting and stopping hand gesture. That drivers every time "did not stumble" on him.
Mistakes in the cinema
Jews know several options for how to translate “poets” from their language. In one context, it can mean a fool and an idiot. As they say in Odessa: "Poets, poets, strife." Here is a simple example to explain. There are two people, one of them is very literate, well-read, knows several foreign languages ​​and speaks and even reads them fluently. But the second, in comparison with it, turns out to be a poz (fool). In the understanding that he is not so educated, etc.
Or take for example two social strata: a poor man from the street and, as they are often called, a “golden” boy. This boy is puffing, but he cannot achieve anything on his own. Only with the help of parents with money. And he himself is a zero. But the poor guy studies, builds a career and achieves great heights. Here the "golden" boy is an idiot, not a fool.
So in some films that describe the life of the inhabitants of Odessa, for example, during the Great Patriotic War, poets are often used incorrectly and not in the context in which it would have to be used in reality. Let us recall the most interesting series “Liquidation”. This is where very often one could hear this word from different heroes. But in most cases they all had in mind more of a "boy" than a fool, an idiot, etc. "Some kind of pops came in." "Poets asked what time it is." "Poets, come here." This refers to an ordinary, maybe a little annoying, person. And there are a lot of such examples, if you listen to the speech of the heroes of some films.