"Zashkvar" - what is it? The meaning of this word is disclosed in this article. Today's youth slang is often so different from the ordinary literary language that it is just right to create a special profile at the philological departments of universities to study this phenomenon.
The semantics of the word "zashkvar"
Initially, this word came to the Russian language from the jargon of prisoners. In prison, it meant any contact with a “down” or “rooster”. It could be contact with this person or his things. For example, to sit down in a place reserved for "lowered" means "to get hooked," that is, to humiliate oneself.
"Zashkvar" is simply humiliation, shame. You can "zashkvarivatsya" just by accidentally touching the "rooster" or drinking from a perforated mug. Any contact with the "omitted" or things belonging to such a person means the automatic omission of the one who came into contact with him. In other words, a person who is seen in contact with a “cock” “shuts up” and becomes a “cock” himself.
"Zashkvar" - what is youth slang?
Having migrated from the prison argo to the youth environment, the word slightly changed and took on a new meaning. Today, adolescents use the word "zoshkvar" in a slightly different sense. What is "sticking" on school and student slang, consider below.
The essence of the word remains the same - a shame, disgrace. However, young people use it in cases when a person puts on something unfashionable or stupid, as well as in situations that somehow defame or dishonor a person.
A vivid example of a zashkvara can be considered a situation where a guy, for example, puts on uggs or sandals with socks. This can also include cases when a person steps on dog excrement or a spit of a person standing next to him accidentally gets on him.
There are so many situations to which the word "zashkvar" can be applied. That such a word is used very often among schoolchildren, students and just young people is no secret.
Conclusion
Youth slang is very diverse, and for a person far from this, it is sometimes very difficult to understand and understand the meaning of certain words and even whole phrases. In addition, the language of adolescents is constantly changing and replenishing with more and more new words and jargon. Many of them come to Russian from English or prison slang. To understand what is at stake, you need to find out the semantic meaning of the word and determine where it came from and in what situations it is used.