I know some of you out there might not think it's a good idea to teach people how to swear in Khmer, but I just want to show how Khmer profanity is different from the English profanity.
The profanity in English tends to relate to sexual intercourse and genitial.The Khmer profanity is somewhat strange to the Western world, if they understand the Khmer language. One might notice that Khmer profanity does not relate to sexual intercourse or genitial at all. Khmer profanity relates to mostly to an incident or an event.
Below are commonly used profanities that I know of and that I've used ocassionaly in heavy traffic. J
As you will see, most of the profanity relates to the aftermath of the terrible Pol Pot era. More than 2 millions Khmer people were either killed or were displaced. Fortunately, with international aids from various countries, some were speared the pains and sufferings. Many of who have survived ran for refuge in near by countries, mostly along the Thailand's border.
During my stay at one of the refugee camps along the Thailand's border, I witnessed a very stressful group of people, many weren't sure of their faith. And many were still shaken after seeing their neighbors, friends, and families killed by the Khmer Rouge(Pol Pot's Nationalistic Army). The refugee camps were a very tense place for all of us. People are very touchy and anything can set he/she in anger and you'll hear profanity throughout the camps.
You moron
One who ran from their country
one who is swollen or is fat
one who eats cow's manure
one who steps on landmine or one who was hit by a garnage.
you pig
one they shot
one who ghost haunts
You Pol Pot (short version)
You Pol Pot (extended version)
You cat face!
You dog face!
You monkey face!