jebote

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jebao +‎ te as originally used in expressions with a following noun X, literally ‘X fucked you’ or (with a jussive interpretation) ‘may X fuck you’.

Interjection

jebote (Cyrillic spelling јеботе)

1. (vulgar) fuck, holy shit, for fuck's sake (expressing surprise or frustration)

   Kako si uradio test? ― How did you do on the test?

   Aaa, jebote, nisam ništa znao! ― Aaah! For fuck's sake! I didn't know anything!

   Koliko si para dobio? ― How much money did you get?

   Pedeset. ― Fifty.

   Jebote, pedeset?! ― Holy shit! Only fifty?!

2. (vulgar) used as an intensifier

   Gd(j)e si, jebote, bio c(ij)elo ovo vr(ij)eme? ― Where the fuck have you been all this time?!