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  What it means

  Vulgar slang for dying — “to kick the bucket”. Used informally and irreverently to refer to death. Literal meaning: “to roll away the plug/stopper”.

  Vocabulary

  • odwalać — to roll away, to do (slang)
  • kita — tail; plug (colloquial); here: life

  Grammar note

  Imperfective aspect 'odwalać'; perfective would be 'odwalić kitę' for a completed event.

  Cultural context

  Considered crude and disrespectful in formal contexts. Used among close friends or in dark humour.

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