με το καγέν

I was looking up a phrase which I had come across in my reading, δηλ. στο φτερό to see if it could be used in the sense of ‘at the double’ like μάνι μάνι or τσάκα τσάκα. The phrase seems generally to mean ‘on the fly’ i.e. in a hurry and often without preparation. I looked it up also in slang.gr where there appear this sentence:

Από την γρήγορη και πετυχημένη βολή του κυνηγού προς τα αθώα πουλάκια, καθώς αυτά πετούν για να γλιτώσουν από τον καημένο και ΠΕΙΝΑΣΜΕΝΟ (why capitalised?) κυνηγό με το καγέν. I can understand the sentence apart from the word καγέν. It can hardly mean ‘cayenne pepper! But what does it mean?

Maybe it means Porsche Cayenne? Check this out: https://rennlist.com/forums/cayenne...9435-do-you-use-your-cayenne-for-hunting.html

erenta said:

Maybe it means Porsche Cayenne?

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Most definitely.

Thanks all! BTW:- Why is πεισμένος in capital letters? Any ideas? Is it because ‘hungry’ for a man with a Porsche is satirical. Έτσι νομίζω…

I think so, Theseus. The capitalised letters are most likely used to imply and highlight sarcasm and irony. A person driving a Porsche Cayenne obviously doesn't need to hunt for and kill birds out of necessity or for survival. You can also think of the capitalization as a written eye-roll or an expression of exasperation on the writer's part.

Apparently, there is also an airgun model called Cayenne:

cougr said:

Minor point, although the spelling καγέν isn't uncommon, the standard transliteration for cayenne (whether for the Porsche, peppers etc.) is καγιέν.

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Or maybe we just found a sleek way of distinguishing between the Porsche and the pepper…

cougr said:

I think so, Theseus. The capitalised letters are most likely used to imply and highlight sarcasm and irony. A person driving a Porsche Cayenne obviously doesn't need to hunt for and kill birds out of necessity or for survival. You can also think of the capitalization as a written eye-roll or an expression of exasperation on the writer's part.

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What's more, it can be construed as a scornful attempt at sketching out the "psyche" of the hunter in question, as also suggested in the comment section over at slang.gr : he suffers other deprivations (sexual or what have you) that he vents by killing birds…

Katsik35 said:

Apparently, there is also an airgun model called Cayenne:

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Although this fits the context remarkably well, I seriously doubt that the guys at slang.gr had a specific airgun in mind. For starters, such an opaque and niched meaning would at least call for a link, such as the one you provided, clarifying things for the reader, but more importantly, it wouldn't really fit the overall contemptuousness of the whole entry: if someone's into airguns he's more likely to share a hunter's interests than mock them… Good find nonetheless!

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Thanks for all this extra material, m_a_a. It’s really appreciated and helpful.