poeperd

English translation: bum/butt

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Dutch term or phrase:poeperd
English translation:bum/butt
Entered by: Robert Allwood

10:24 Apr 11, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Slang
Dutch term or phrase: poeperd
Respondent answer in toilet paper survey, no doubt explaining their answer or making a suggestion for improvement.
Here it does not seem to be a nickname. It's not in the Alternative Dutch Dictionary.
Respondent's complete answer: dat hondje natuurlijk. wie wil er nou niet een puppy langs zijn poeperd halen?
Robert Allwood
Local time: 15:53
bum
Explanation:
or any other synonym!

"who wouldn't like to rub a puppy along his bum"
Selected response from:

San Barto
France
Local time: 16:53
Grading comment
Thanks everyone! (although actually Margreet was the 1st to give the actual sense of the sentence - but not the slang word equivalent. And personally I think 'wiping your bum with a puppy' subverts the advertising wittily.)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10bum
San Barto
3 -1anus
Margreet Logmans (X)
2wipe your rusty dusty with this rusty puppy
Henk Peelen
3 -1poo hole
drboer


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
bum


Explanation:
or any other synonym!

"who wouldn't like to rub a puppy along his bum"

San Barto
France
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks everyone! (although actually Margreet was the 1st to give the actual sense of the sentence - but not the slang word equivalent. And personally I think 'wiping your bum with a puppy' subverts the advertising wittily.)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margreet Logmans (X): I really need to learn to type faster :-)
5 mins

agree  Willemina Hagenauw: I would go for bum! - by the way: poor puppy!
14 mins

agree  Kate Hudson (X): It's the Andrex puppy!
25 mins

agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
28 mins

agree  vixen
1 hr

agree  Kitty Brussaard
2 hrs

agree  Ken Cox: 'ass' would also work here in US English (but not in all social circles)
3 hrs

neutral  drboer: hmm, is bum really equivalent to the anatomical part that is covered by "poeperd" and the poor puppy?
3 hrs

agree  Dennis Seine: You wouldn't want it to bite though
3 hrs

agree  Tina Vonhof (X): wipe his ass with a puppy. Or, for a more polite expression: wipe his behind.
5 hrs

agree  Saskia Steur (X)
6 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
anus


Explanation:
I'll leave it to you to find an English equivalent ;-)

Translation of the whole sentence:
the little dog , of course. Who would not want to wipe their anus with a puppy? (yikes!)

Margreet Logmans (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 16:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: too clinical and actually sounds more revolting than cute
4 mins

disagree  Tina Vonhof (X): Sorry Margreet but no native English-speaker would say that.
5 hrs
  -> No need to apologise, I figured if Robert knew what part of the body was meant, he'd find his own words for it. Have a nice weekend!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
wipe your rusty dusty with this rusty puppy


Explanation:
klopt niet echt, maar voor het geval je wat rijmklank wilt mee-vertalen, zou dit misschien kunnen, te meer daar men in Angelsaksische landen in namen van dieren vaak kleuren verwerkt.

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 1

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kitty Brussaard: Although this gave me a really good laugh, I think it's too 'free' a translation. Very creative though!
3 hrs
  -> Considering the other question as well, I wasn't too much convinced about the seriousness of the survey.

neutral  drboer: :)
1 day 6 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
poo hole


Explanation:
Just trying to give a anatomically correct alternative without being (too) gross. I'm not native english, but I hope this conveys the humorous undertone of "poeperd", if that is possible.

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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2008-04-12 22:45:41 GMT)
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A short comment. There's a reason why 'poeperd' is not in your dictionary: it's hardly ever used by (sobre and sane) Dutch either. People use 'billen', which I would most definitely translate as bum. Using 'poeperd' makes the given answer ludicrous and ridiculous. 'Bum' would give it too much credit, in my opinion. I don't know if 'poo hole' is what you need, but I would try to find something less harmless than bum. Anyway, good luck!

drboer
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tina Vonhof (X): No native English-speaker would say that.
1 hr
  -> As I said myself, I'm not native english, so you might well be right. Just 1) making clear what poeperd exactly means and 2) giving alternatives so Robert can choose. I think he himself is native english, so no problem there...

neutral  Buck: in this context, poo hole is somewhere up there with anus LOL
17 hrs
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