In the Russian language, you can find many words, the true meaning of which many of us do not even know. This also applies to common curses. Let's deal with everything in order.
Fool
Have you ever wondered where the names Durov and Fools came from? It turns out that even in the days of Ancient Russia, the word "fool" was not offensive. Moreover, it was a proper name. So in the archives of the 15-17 centuries. there are records about "Prince Fyodor Semyonovich the Fool of Kemsky" or about the "Moscow clerk Fool Mishurin". And notice, these people were not peasants at all. It is also known that the word "Fool" served as a second, non-ecclesiastical name, which is designed to protect a person from evil spirits, because "what can you take from a fool."
Cretin
The history of this modern curse goes back to the French Alps. Back in the 6th century, local residents called Christians that way. It was a distorted name from the word "chretien". The harmless meaning of the word "cretin" existed until people with dementia appeared among the inhabitants of the Alps. But even here everything could be explained from the medical point of view. In high altitude conditions, there is a lack of iodine in the body. This provokes disruption of the thyroid gland and, as a result, mental retardation.
Moron
And here we all, probably, will immediately recall the novel of the same name by the great classic F. M. Dostoevsky. But it turns out that initially the word "idiot" did not mean a mental illness. It has Greek roots. And the basis of the society of this nation was solidarity, involvement. If a person kept himself apart and lived by his own interests, he was not respected and was called "idiotes". The neighbors of the Greeks, the Romans, called the word "idiota" ignorant, ignorant.
Ball skier
We all know about Russia's victory over Napoleon in 1812. So, when the French soldiers were retreating, they asked for bread on the way, addressing the residents “cher ami” (or “dear friend”). The peasants called these beggars by the consonant word "skaters". In the opinion of linguists, it was not without the influence of the Russian words "fumble" and "mokat".
Loch
In the north of Russia, the word "sucker" used to denote fish. Facts are known when salmon went to spawn against the current and overcame steep rapids. After such a difficult swim, the fish lost strength, or, in the language of the northerners, "flunked". And already downstream of the river, fishermen easily caught tired fish.
Over time, the word "goof" passed into the jargon of merchants, whom they called naive peasants who could easily be deceived, weighed.
Infection
You will be surprised, but in the 18th century this word was a compliment. Secular suitors even used it in poetry dedicated to beautiful ladies. The word "slay" was a consonant synonym. Of course, the compliment concerned women's charms, which attracted ardent gentlemen.
Bitch
According to the dictionary of V. I. Dahl, a bitch used to be called a dead, fallen cattle. Another meaning is carrion, rotting meat. Later, men began to use this word in relation to vile prostitutes.
Mymra
Another concept from Dahl's dictionary, which was interpreted as "uncommunicative stay-at-home", "boring person." And the verb "mumrit" derived from it, accordingly, meant "to constantly sit at home."
