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sikerim

sikerim
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By Joy Schreiber

[see-KEH-reem] v. / 3

fuck you

DT: I fuck
The difference between ‘sikerim’ and ‘sikeyim’ is that ‘sikerim’ is more of a direct threat – it is the ultimate “fuck you” – whereas ‘sikeyim’ is more about when you’re pissed about what is going on around you. The fun part about this ‘fuck you’ phrase is that you can add pretty much whatever you want in front of it. It’s more creative than English’s lame ‘fuck your wife’ or whatever other mundane insults there are. Some common Turkish phrases below:

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