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  What it means

  A colloquial, stronger insult meaning a “total sucker” or “complete mug.” ‘Frajer’ alone means a naive person whom others take advantage of; ‘pompka’ makes it stronger for comic or emphatic effect.

  Vocabulary

  • frajer — sucker, mug, naive fool (slang)
  • pompka — pump (used here as an intensifier, slang)

  Grammar note

  This noun-noun compound is used as an insult. Both words are masculine nominative. 'Pompka' acts like an emphatic ending, not with its literal meaning.

  Cultural context

  This is typical of Polish informal speech, where a second noun adds comic emphasis. Similar forms include 'głupek pompka' and 'leszcz pompka'.

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