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| Visne scire quod credam? Credo missiones turrium flammearum statum caeli mutavisse. | You know what I think? I think the weather has been altered by rocket launches. |
| Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum. | Garbage in, garbage out. |
| Non erravi perniciose! | I did not commit a fatal error! |
| Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! | Don't you dare erase my hard disk! |
| Cur ullum imprimere non vis? | Why won't you print out? |
| Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! | Damn! There goes my beeper! |
| Asinorum calami virii et spama, Retus chartae | viruses and spam [are] the pen of a**holes, the Net [their ] paper |
| Salve. Nemo nunc ipsum advenire ad longelocutum ad vocem tuam accipiendam potest, sed possis si velis nuntiam tradere dicendo simul ac sonitum audiveris. Memento sonitu praestolare. Ave. | Hello. No one can come to the phone right now to take your call, but you can leave a message if you want by speaking as soon as you hear the beep. Remember to wait for the beep. Bye. |
| SI HOC ADFIXVM IN OBICE LEGERE POTES, ET LIBERALITER EDVCATVS ET NIMIS PROPINQVVS ADES. | If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated and much too close. |
| Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. | I have a catapult. Give me all your money or I will fling an enormous rock at your head. |
| Fors fortis. | Fat chance. |
| Nullo modo. | No way. |
| Labra lege. | Read my lips. |
| Casa consulto. | Accidentally on purpose. |
| Raptus regalitur. | Royally screwed. |
| Ecce pactum. Id cape aut id relinque. | That's the deal. Take it or leave it. |
| In oppido lusor solus non es. | You're not the only game in town. |
| Modo vincis, modo vinceris. | You win some, you lose some. |
| Prospice tibi - ut Gallia, tu quoque in tres partes dividaris. | Watch out - you might end up divided into three parts, like Gaul. |
| In tempore preaterito plus quam perfecto de te mox dicent. | People will soon be referring to you in the pluperfect tense. |
| Hoc ei propinabo! | I'll drink to that! |
| VBI O VBI EST MEVS SVB-VBI? | where O where is my underwear? |
| Sede! Volve! Ecce, Latine scit. | Sit! Roll over! You see, he understands Latin. |
| Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. | Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out. |
| Caveat solicitor. | Beware telemarketer. | Quando omni flunkus mortae | When all else fails, play dead. (Possum Lodge motto) | Abeo. | I'm outta here. |
| Latin | What You Say It Means | What It Really Means |
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| Podex perfectus est. | You did a perfect job. | You are a total assh*le. |
| De stella Mars vere venisti. | That's a truly remarkable insight. | You are definitely from Mars. |
| Stercorum pro cerebro habes. | That's certainly food for thought. | You have sh*t for brains. |
| Caput tuum in ano est. | You hit the nail right on the head. | You have your head up your a**. |
| Futue te ipsum et caballum tuum. | I've really got to take my hat off to you. | Screw you and the horse you rode in on. |
1. Beard, Henry, Latin for All Occasions, (HarperCollins, New York: 1992).
2. Blume and Freundlich, Review Text in Latin: Two Years (Amsco School Publications, New York: 1959).
3. Ehrlich, Eugene, Amo, Amas, Amat and More (Harper & Row, New York: 1987).
4. ed. Fargis & Bykofsky & Gold, et al The New York Public Library Desk Reference 2nd edition, (Prentice Hall, New York: 1993).
5. Hammond and Amory, Aeneas to Augustus: A Beginning Latin Reader for College Students 2nd edition, (Harvard U. P., Cambridge: 1967).
6. Hanson & Heath, Who Killed Homer? (Free Press, New York: 1998).
7. Humez & Humez, Latin for People/Latina pro Populo (Little, Brown & Co., Boston: 1976).
8. Jones & Wilson An Incomplete Education (Ballantine Books, New York: 1987).
9. Smith, F. Kinchin Latin: A Complete Course for Beginners 9th printing, (David McKay, New York: 1948).
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