Apr 7, 2016 21:09
8 yrs ago
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French term

blaster sur le chat

French to English Bus/Financial IT (Information Technology)
From a whatsapp chat:

ça faisat longtemps qu'[il] t'avais dit de ne plus blaster sur le chat SG (comme toi tu avais demandé à [lui] de ne plus blaster sur le chat JP...) il n'avait pas à réagir comme ça !

I don't think this is anything to do with cats. Could it be chatting/chatrooms? And what is 'blaster' as a verb?

Many thanks!

Proposed translations

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rant in the [...] chatroom

Blaster is an anglicism. You could leave it as "blast in the [...] chatroom, but I like rant better.
Peer comment(s):

agree Didier Fourcot : I understand rant also
9 hrs
disagree Margaret Morrison : Isn't blaster being used as a transitive verb tho? It's not "having a rant", it's "ranting at someone" Or, indeed, flaming them.
14 hrs
agree B D Finch : Yes and, re Starbar's "disagree", t appears to be used as an intransitive verb here.
15 hrs
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Yes, anything along theses lines, "to blast" being an anglicism. Sorry, like a fool, I zapped your explanation. I'll put my suggestion into a reference post instead. // Note that it appears to have to be directed at someone, even if only generally.
1 day 14 hrs
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flaming SO on messenger

Guessing it's a net-ism, context would suggest some kind of negative interaction on social media like chat system (WhatsApp etc)
Peer comment(s):

agree Katherine Rutter
13 hrs
agree Charles Davis : "Flame" is the authentic verb but not necessarily Messenger, surely?
14 hrs
Yes, agree, could be chat is more generic - for example WhatsApp refer to themselves as "WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app" but chat would cover all the bases
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Reference comments

1 day 15 hrs
Reference:

to blast/criticise/shame, etc (someone), to put (someone) down, to have a go at someone

to blast (someone) on the chat app; to criticize, - shame


Explanation:
Not a new term meaning to criticize heavily :

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/fr/definition/anglais/blas...

informal Criticize fiercely:
the school was blasted by government inspectors
Autres phrases d'exemple
She has blasted the senator's criticism of the war by reminding viewers that he voted for the war.
Critics blasted him for pouring taxpayer funds into badly managed banks and unneeded infrastructure projects.
It was also a colossal failure, shunned by audiences and blasted by critics as ‘pretentious.’

Or to shame someone :
http://fr.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blast


You could probably go with a synonym to fit your sentence more smoothly :

He told you to stop putting people down [...], SG (just like you asked him not to do it [...] either, JP), he souldn't have reacted like that!

"to put (someone) down" might work well.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Ronnie J Rigdon
2 days 2 hrs
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