Word USED On Occasion BY people who own records
(turned grey) • Playing a record so often that it becomes damaged and the music quality decreases.
"Had jij ook een LP van Rumours van Fleetwood Mac?" "Ja joh, die heb ik helemaal grijsgedraaid."
"Did you also have an LP of Rumours by Fleetwood Mac?" "Oh yeah, I turned that one completely grey."
Submitted September 2024 by amarens
Slang USED In the past BY some people
Slang for wallet.
"Nemam ništa u mojem šajtogu..."
"I don't have anything in my wallet..."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Flemish (Meetjeslands)
Belgium
Expression USED Frequently BY Dialect speakers but also younger people
(clean my shovel) • When one is ready to leave or gives up on something.
"Ja, 'k ga dan keer mijn schup afkuisen" "'t Is tijd om mijn schup af te kuisen"
"Yes, I'm going to clean my shovel over time" "'It's time to clean my shovel"
Submitted October 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY most people
(short through the curve) • Reductive or oversimplified.
"Dat argument vind ik wel heel erg kort door de bocht."
"I think that argument is very short through the curve."
Submitted August 2024 by amarens
geen droog brood [eraan] verdienen
Expression USED On Occasion BY some people
(to not earn dry bread) • To not be able to make a living or earn any money at all from something.
"Ga je filosofie studeren? Daar kan je nog geen droog brood aan verdienen!"
"Are you going to study philosophy? You can't earn dry bread from that!"
Submitted August 2024 by amarens
Word USED Frequently BY northern Chinese People
When something is very very sweet.
"这颗糖太齁了！"
"This candy is too sweet."
Submitted August 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY some people
According to the New York Times, it is defined as a combination of dread, regret, and anticipation that accompanies the end of a communal pause and the beginning of a hectic and demanding time.
"I am really feeling the September Scaries this year."
Submitted August 2024 by amarens
Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY people who are afraid of the ocean
The ocean.
“I am never getting in the ocean again, that shit is monster soup.”
Submitted August 2024 by anonymous
that dollar won’t get you cup of coffee at Starbucks
Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY some people
That argument won’t get you very far. That argument alone isn’t enough.
“Sure, he is a great singer, but that dollar won’t get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.”
Submitted August 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED On Occasion BY People from Swabia
(Holy shit) • It’s another word for „Maultasche“, a German dumpling, mostly spreaded in South-Germany, especially in Baden-Württemberg.
Hans: „Was isst du?“ Franz: „Herrgottsbscheißerle mit Kartoffla.“
Hans: “What are you eating?” Franz: “Holy shit with potatoes.”
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Older people
(to paint the devil on the wal) • When we assume the worst of a situation before anything has even happened. It can be discouraged to say - don't anticipate awful things or they will happen.
“Du solltest nicht immer den Teufel an die Wand malen, nur weil du ein schlechtes Gefühl hast—oft kommt alles doch anders als befürchtet.”
“You shouldn’t always paint the devil on the wall just because you have a bad feeling—often everything turns out differently than feared.”
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
Like a soundtrack, but for smells.
“I remember how people smell, because my memory has a smelltrack.”
Submitted August 2024 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
An underlying [bad] taste. Possibly a premonition about something bad happening.
"The mousse was excellent, but it had a chalky undertaste that reminded Rosemary of blackboards and grade school"
Submitted August 2024 by amarens
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
(no cat piss) • When something is no joke.
"De training is absoluut geen kattepis!"
"The training is absolutely no cat piss!"
Submitted July 2024 by amarens
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
(flying hours ) • Hours of experience.
“Ik hou van schilderen maar ik heb nog niet genoeg vlieguren om het goed te doen.”
“I love painting, but I don’t have enough flying hours to do it well”
Submitted June 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED On Rare Occasion BY Some people, elderly people
(amniotic sac) • Synonym for hot water bottle, with the connotations of comfort, being sick and getting better
"Oma macht dir dein Fruchtblasl, damit du gesund wirst."
"Grandma will get you your hot water bottle to help you get better soon."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY People from Yorkshire
The expression "it is cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a warship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out.
"Goodness, my fingers are freezing! It’s brass monkey weather! "
Submitted April 2024 by aromasubstanz@gmail.com
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some people
(tuberculosis) • It's over, everything bad.
"De hele stad gaat naar de tering."
"The whole city is going to the tuberculosis."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Interjection USED Frequently BY Especially young people
(metal sheet) • Colloquial way of saying "damn“. Used to express surprise in a sympathetic way, usually as a reaction to some bad news.
"Прикинь, сегодня меня чуть не сбила машина» «Жесть!"
"Guess what, I almost got hit by a car today“ "Metal sheet!“
Submitted March 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Very frequently BY Young people
When you're in a chill situation, like having a drink with friends for no reason, or doing nothing in general while being relaxed. In dialect the verb "stare" (to stay) is used almost like the verb "essere" (to be), so it's like the action of being located in a place, with no motion.
"Guardalo, sta lì sulla sdraio con il suo spritz... proprio a stare."
"Look at him, just sitting there on the deckchair with his spritz... just staying there."
Submitted March 2024 by anonymous
