Originally posted by Kirurgs
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Mat is a tabooed slang. I really hope he is not talking mat to his relatives, parents, children.
What makes it interesting is that it is derived from a few obscene expressions, about half-dozen noun. Employing the Russian prefix and suffix system it forms a simple context dependent language. The movie "Red Heat" has got a few mat lines.
It is used prevalently by male groups, especially in military and criminal circles and to some degree by young adults due to its taboo status.
But yeah, pretty much every grown up Russian understands mat.
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