houbelec

Czech

Etymology

From houby, which is an alliterative euphemism of the vulgarism hovno (“nothing”).

Noun

houbelec m anim

(colloquial, euphemistic) nothing

Adverb

houbelec (not comparable)

(colloquial, euphemistic) little
Ty tomu houbelec rozumíš.
You don't understand it very much.

See also

houbec
houbeles
hovno
houby
houby s voctem
kulový
prd
prdlačka
prdlajs
stará bela

Further reading

houbelec in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Houby jako zápor in Naše řeč, volume 32 (1948), issue 8-10

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