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slang from around the world
« on: December 06, 2006, 09:28:09 AM »
i love slang, like the english phrase bugger off.

can anybody else think of some good slang and the country of origin.

i will steal a page from dragoons book, fo shizzle.
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2006, 10:12:49 AM »
German: "Furzkiste"=bed. Literary: "Fart coffer". Swedish: "Lägga en pizza"= puke. Literary: "'Lay' a pizza".
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 05:10:51 PM »
Quote from: McJaguar on December 06, 2006, 09:28:09 AM
i love slang, like the english phrase bugger off.

can anybody else think of some good slang and the country of origin.

i will steal a page from dragoons book, fo shizzle.

    "Bugger off"  is a good one, also  "snuff it,"  as used here!   :viking:
 
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 05:12:54 PM »
You're stalking me.
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2013, 05:15:27 PM »
Quote from: McJaguar on May 14, 2013, 05:12:54 PM
You're stalking me.

  Au contraire,  I am merely bumping old threads to have new material to post about.  :M
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2013, 05:16:35 PM »
I was flattered.
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2013, 05:18:44 PM »
Quote from: McJaguar on May 14, 2013, 05:16:35 PM
I was flattered.

  I'll be bumping old threads started by others as well, so don't feel slighted.  :P
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2013, 05:19:42 PM »
  I also like the phrase  "can't be arsed,"  which I just used in another post.  :green:
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2013, 05:20:32 PM »
  I'd love to know if people from around the world like our American slang!   :2thumbsup:
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2013, 05:21:01 PM »
Greedy git!
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2013, 05:25:50 PM »
Quote from: McJaguar on May 14, 2013, 05:21:01 PM
Greedy git!

  Git r done!   :fixin:   That's a good American one!
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2013, 05:28:52 PM »
Stoked. Tubular. Radical.
All meaning cool.
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2013, 05:33:11 PM »
Quote from: McJaguar on May 14, 2013, 05:28:52 PM
Stoked. Tubular. Radical.
All meaning cool.

  I remember those from the 80s.  Here in Massachusetts we say  "wicked."  8)
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2013, 05:49:21 PM »
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Re: slang from around the world
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2013, 05:52:40 PM »
Stick och brinn=Get off and burn.

Gå och bada=Go and bathe. Of course the underlying meaning is "go and drown yourself". Swedes love understatements.
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