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13:43 Mar 22, 2012 |
Greek to English translations [Non-PRO] Slang | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Valentini Mellas Greece Local time: 15:59 | ||||||
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5 +1 | Malachy |
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5 | Wanker |
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Malachy Explanation: Malachy is the name you are looking for. The other word is malakas (with the accent on the second a) and it has a variety of translations from bastard to son of a bitch. They thought it was the same probably because of the χ and κ being close phonetically. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2012-03-22 13:57:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Nick is absolutely right, José. In Greek these two words are as follows: malakas -> μαλάκας malakia -> μαλακία malakia used literally would mean "to jerk off". More widely it is used to denote a very stupid act or to characterize something as utterly nonsensical, e.g. Λες μαλακίες -> (les malakies) You speak utter nonsense! https://www.google.com/search?q=malachy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a |
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