отсебятина

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Russian

Etymology

From от- (ot-) +‎ себя (sebja) +‎ -ина (-ina).

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Noun

отсебя́тина (otsebjátinaf inan (genitive отсебя́тины, uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) one's own words inserted in some context, in someone else's speech
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) someone's baseless judgment or action

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Further reading

  • отсебятина in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru