If you’ve played Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, then you know that the game has a particular love of a single, solitary cuss: maláka. It means something between “jerk” and “asshole,” and it apparently fits in nearly any situation. And now there’s a supercut to show off the plenitude of the curse word.
There might be some spoilers in this video depending on what you consider a spoiler. You’re warned!
Youtuber user YouKnowWho has assembled a veritable smorgasborg of Kassandra and other characters yelling the word at each other, and it’s actually surprising how many use cases there are for it. Additionally, while I don’t know any Greek, ancient or otherwise, it is neat to pick up the tenses of “maláka” simply through watching all the ways that it gets used.
DISCUSSION
Where I live, in England, there is a huge community of Greeks. Not a day goes by when I don’t hear Ela, maláka! shouted from a window.
I love the word! I know it can be used as an insult but in the years I’ve been here it’s always sounded friendly.