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Just chanced upon this thread and thought I'd mention a couple more expressions familiar to me, but which by the looks of things, may not be all that widely used - perhaps they're just a regional thing. As a euphemism for going to the toilet: πάω στο ιδιαίτερο As a response to someone asking...

He says, "δεν έχουν επικρατήσει", i.e., they haven't prevailed. Further down he adds, "...έχουν φθίνει στο πέρασμα του χρόνου...", i.e., with the passage of time, preference for them has dwindled.

Plus1 forum member who's wondering whether that should've read "AI spam". ☺️

These words weren't actually spoken. Earion is just providing the context underlying the surface-level meaning of the words spoken by speaker 1. In other words, Are you mad? What are you talking about? are simply suggestive of the undertone to the question being asked by the first speaker.

Between this thread and the one the other day, you shouldn't have any problems now figuring out the title of children's book, below.:-)

He was saying "γιάμι" ie. yummy.

Χριστόφορος Τορναρίτης:... «Καθόμουν στο ειδώλιο του κατηγορουμένου, αντιμετωπίζοντας την πιθανότητα ισόβιας κάθειρξης. Είχα βρεθεί μπλεγμένος σε μια υπόθεση για λαθρεμπόριο τσιγάρων – μια δίκη που, όπως ένιωθα, μου είχαν στήσει»...

Είπα να το ψάξω στο Gemini Google, να δω έτσι από περιέργεια τι θα πρότεινε, κι έπαθα την πλάκα μου. The concept of "sublime frivolity" when referring to the Greek Gods is a fascinating one, often attributed to the scholar Karl Reinhardt who used the German phrase "ein erhabener Unernst" (a...

Yes. "Φρούτο" is devoid of any connotations of "a newbie". I meant it purely as a rendering, in some cases, of the term "a piece of work". Particularly so when used to express that someone is a bit quirky or eccentric.

Another expression for a "fine piece of work" is "καλό φρούτο"*. As in, for example, "καλό φρούτο κι αυτός" - where again, "καλό" is used sarcastically to express disapproval or dismissiveness etc. *also, "ωραίο φρούτο".

How about πατσά?:-)

I never meant to implicate that you did. It's just that in the first instance I thought that Reinhardt was perhaps being critical of the gods (see #6) but I later realized that this wasn't the case - hence my post at #11. That's the work of my auto-correct. I only picked it up now.:cool:

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It may be worth noting that the term "sublime frivolity", as used by Rhinehardt, has also been translated as: a "sublime lack of seriousness". Having now done some rudimentary research into the term, it appears that the Duke was correct (#5). There aren't any obvious indications of any...

Εγώ έτσι το αντιλήφθηκα. Ότι έχει δηλαδή μια κάπως αρνητική, επικριτική χροιά.

Κι εγώ, ανέκαθεν το «μπλιαχ» ήξερα, το «ίου» το έμαθα αργότερα. Κατά λάθος, στο #5, αντί να γράψω «Yes. Another interjection for repulsion ...», έγραψα «An interjection for repulsion...».🥺

Another possibility for "frivolity" in this case would be "ελαφρότητα".

I'm pressed for time but just to get the ball rolling, my off the cuff attempt at it would be "θεσπέσια επιπολαιότητα".

An interjection of repulsion in general is ίου, typically pronounced with some expressive lengthening ie. it's stretched out a bit when uttered, e.g. ίιιιου or ίουυυ! If you were asking for a word in Greek which is used to describe or mimic the sound one makes when vomiting, I'm not sure.

I'm not sure about the nausy bit (perhaps "αναγούλα" or "ναυτία" which mean "nausea" will do) but the terms "κριντζ" and "κριντζιά" have been well and truly adopted by the younger generations (and gaining at least some traction with older generations) as a translation for "cringe". "Cringey" is...