хреновина

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Etymology 1

хрен (xren) +‎ -о́вина (-óvina).

Noun

хрено́вина (xrenóvinaf inan (genitive хрено́вины, nominative plural хрено́вины, genitive plural хрено́вин)

  1. (colloquial) Augmentative of хрен (xren); a big horseradish root
  2. (colloquial, Siberia, Germany) khrenovina (a condiment made from shredded tomatoes, horseradish, garlic and salt)
    Synonyms: горлодёр (gorlodjór), хренодёр (xrenodjór), аджи́ка (adžíka), огонёк (ogonjók)
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Etymology 2

A euphemistic alteration of хуёвина (xujóvina, vulgar curse), analyzable as хрен (xren) +‎ -о́вина (-óvina).

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хрено́вина (xrenóvinaf inan (genitive хрено́вины, nominative plural хрено́вины, genitive plural хрено́вин)

  1. (minced oath, mildly vulgar) thing, object, thingamajig
    Что э́то за хрено́вина?Što éto za xrenóvina?What the hell is this?
  2. (minced oath, mildly vulgar, derogatory) wass, rubbish, nonsense
    • 1862, В.Н. Назарьев, “Очерки съ натуры”, in Отечественныя записки, журнал учено-литературный и политический, volume 24, number October, page 371:
      Это всё хрѣновина, безцеремонно перебилъ толстякъ:―съ мужиками нужно въ два слова, а дашь ему упереться, такъ ужь шалишь… Да что я?
      Eto vsjo xrěnovina, bezceremonno perebil tolstjak:―s mužikami nužno v dva slova, a dašʹ jemu uperetʹsja, tak užʹ šališʹ… Da što ja?
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