Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
nose-thumbing (επίθ.)
Greek translation:
σκωπτικός, περιπαικτικός, σαρκαστικός, χλευαστικός
Added to glossary by
Nick Lingris
Jun 21, 2011 10:51
12 yrs ago
English term
nose-thumbing
English to Greek
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
musical
Cohan introduces a nose-thumbing patriotism early on through his big
number, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" built around the tune and jeering epithet
"Yankee Doodle Dandy". Αs is well known, American colonialists had endured hearing this tune from the British, which carried a variety of offensive texts in the decades before 1776....
number, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" built around the tune and jeering epithet
"Yankee Doodle Dandy". Αs is well known, American colonialists had endured hearing this tune from the British, which carried a variety of offensive texts in the decades before 1776....
Proposed translations
(Greek)
| 4 | σκωπτικός |
Nick Lingris
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| 3 +1 | περιγελαστικός ή απαξιωτικός |
marmis
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Jun 27, 2011 09:15: Nick Lingris Created KOG entry
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