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Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (knowledge machine) • Computer.
"Onko joku koneella? Onko teillä tietokone?"
"Is someone at the machine? Do you have a computer?"
Submitted August 2020 by systomykoosi
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Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (knowledge machine) • Computer.
"Onko joku koneella? Onko teillä tietokone?"
"Is someone at the machine? Do you have a computer?"
Submitted August 2020 by systomykoosi
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Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(carriable computer) • Laptop, a computer that you are able to carry.
"Tämä kauppa myy kannettavia tietokoneita. Tarvitsetko kannettavan? Minulla on jo läppäri."
"This store sells carriable computers. Do you need a carriable? I already have a laptop."
Submitted August 2020 by systomykoosi
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Name USED On Occasion BY People Under 40
(n.) • It is used to talk about a person on Internet who's dumb and immature. It is quite a masculine equivalent to a Karen in English.
"Les pires commentaires sur YouTube, c'est ceux des Kevin de 15 ans qui ne savent même pas écrire."
"The worst comments on YouTube are those by 15-year old Kevins who don't even know how to write."
Word USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(n.) • Used to refer to something you want to reach or when you point to something. Similar to "that thing".
"Pásame esa vaina."
"Give me that thing."
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Older Generations
(to put down a rabbit) • To stand somebody up.
"Mon crush n’est jamais venu au rendez-vous que je lui avais donné, il m’a trop posé un lapin!"
"My crush never came to the appointment I gave him, he put me down such a rabbit!"
On ne fait pas d’un âne un cheval de course
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(You do not make a racehorse out of a donkey) • You do not make a brilliant and clever person out of a stupid one.
"Tu te rends compte elle ne sais même pas qui est Barack Obama?" "En même temps on ne fait pas d’un âne un cheval de course!"
"Do you realize that she does not even know who Barack Obama is?" "Well, you do not make a racehorse out of a donkey."
Arabic
| Moroccan Darija
Morocco
Name USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • In Morocco we use the name Simohamed to call anyone, particularly when we don't know them. For example if you yell "Simohamed!" to a waiter, they will come to you.
"Simohamed! Jibi lia qahua nos nos, 3afek."
"Simohamed! Bring me a coffee with milk, please."
Submitted August 2020 by delabedaouia
Reference USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(curious Aagje) • It refers to a person who is very curious or nosy. Aagje is a fairly old-fashioned girls' name in the Netherlands.
"Mijn moeder heeft weer zitten rondneuzen. Wat is ze toch een nieuwsgierig aagje."
"My mom went through my stuff again. She is such a curious aagje."
Expression USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to be in fart) • To be 1) drunk or 2) crazy. Also used in the expression "ponerse en pedo", meaning "getting drunk".
1) "No me acuerdo lo que pasó ayer, estaba en pedo." 2) "¿Te vas hasta Salta en auto? ¿Estás en pedo?"
1) "I don't remember what happened yesterday, I was in fart." 2) "You are going to Salta by car? Are you in fart?
Expression USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to go to the farts) • To go very fast.
"El taxista iba a los pedos."
"The taxi driver was going to the farts."
Expression USED Frequently BY Older Generations
(Like for making jam) • Used when there is a lot or too much of something. It comes from when people had fruit trees or gardens and they had so much fruit that they had to make jam so it wouldn't go to waste.
"Fui al banco a la mañana temprano, había gente como para hacer dulce."
"I went to the bank early in the morning, there were people like for making jam."
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(Go with that banana!) • It is used to encourage or motivate someone. In English it would be something like: 'go for it' or 'come on'.
“Ik twijfel of ik wel naar die date wil gaan.” “Maak je een grapje? Het wordt vast super leuk. En nou gaan met die banaan!”
"I'm not sure I want to go on that date." "Are you joking? It will be great fun. And now go with that banana! ”
English
London,
United Kingdom
Expression USED On Occasion BY White working class
You say this when you don’t like what someone is saying or suggesting.
“You took my parking space.” “Leave it out.”
Slang USED Very frequently BY Young People
(straw) • Used to convey feelings of laziness or sluggishness, also to express that something is too troublesome or hard to do. For older generations it meant "masturbation".
"Iba a salir a correr, ¡pero tengo una paja!"
"I was gonna go for a run, but I have such a straw!"
Expression USED Very frequently BY Older Generations
(Suck on that tangerine!) • Expression of triumph or surprise, used when a person accomplishes something that looked difficult.
''Gabi armó el ropero ella sola, ¡chupate esa mandarina!''
''Gabi assembled the wardrobe all by herself, suck on that tangerine!''
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(Mary goes with the others) • Used to describe someone who is easily influenced by the the opinion of others, with no will of their own.
''Ele não opinião sobre nada, na hora de decidir, ele é Maria vai com as outras.''
''He doesn't have opinion about anything, when it's time to decide, he is Mary goes with the others.''
Cu pula-n cur și cu sufletu-n Rai
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(With the dick in your ass and your soul in Heaven) • The expression means that you can't expect to do bad things and not suffer the consequences.
"Am înșelat-o pe soția mea și acum vrea să divorțeze de mine!" ''Nu poti fi cu pula-n cur și cu sufletu-n Rai.''
"I cheated on my wife and now she wants to divorce me!" "You can't be with the dick in your ass and your soul in Heaven."
Submitted August 2020 by teodoraramm
Idiom USED On Occasion BY People Over 40
(not my table (to clean)) • Either to explain that 1) you're not interested in something or 2) to forego a responsibility, usually the latter.
1) ''Noen liker fotball men det er ikke mitt bord.'' 2) ''Andrea fikk ikke saus til middagen men det er ikke mitt bord.''
1) ''Some people like soccer but that's not my table.'' 2) ''Andrea didn't get sauce for her dinner but that's not my table.''
Submitted August 2020 by ingridpus
Expression USED Frequently BY Gen Y, Gen X and Older
(don't waste gunpowder on vulture) • It refers to not wasting time, money or effort on things that will not leave any benefit.
"Deja de invitarle tragos, ella tiene esposo. No gastes polvora en zamuro."
"Stop buying her drinks, she has a husband. Don't waste gunpowder on vulture."
quedarse sin el chivo y sin el mecate
Expression USED Frequently BY Gen Y, Gen X and Older Gen
(to be left without the goat and without the rope) • Having two options and ending up not having either.
''Porque no tomaste una desición a tiempo, te quedaste sin el chivo y sin el mecate.''
''Because you didn't make a decision in time, you're left without the goat and without the rope.''
