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The significance of め when throwing insults? - domokun1134 - 2011-11-10
I noticed this a few times recently and probably have heard it many more times without realizing it. Here's two examples I came across recently:
くそガキめ！
この下僕共め！
What's the め about?
The significance of め when throwing insults? - SomeCallMeChris - 2011-11-10
I expect that's 奴 when pronounced as め
http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E5%A5%B4&eng=&dict=edict
Actually, now a few minutes later I find Edict's definition to be suspicious.
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E5%A5%B4&dtype=0&dname=0na&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=08511300
Daijisen shows a word 奴め in a search for 奴、in which definition it mentions that め is a suffix to turn a third person reference into a curse word. I don't see that 奴 has a reading of め.
The significance of め when throwing insults? - domokun1134 - 2011-11-10
Thanks for finding that for me. That clears it up pretty well. Now all I need is an opportunity to use it on someone.
The significance of め when throwing insults? - yudantaiteki - 2011-11-10
め has the kanji 奴 in the Koujien as well (the reading appears in the Kanjigen too).
I've never seen it written in kanji, I don't think.