jugendliche Großschmuserei
English translation: youthful blather
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| 00:36 Sep 19, 2023 |
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7 hrs confidence: 
youthful, sweet-talking exaggeration Explanation: Schmus: Geschwätz, but Schmusekatze e.g. schmusen: Zärtlichkeiten austauschen, küssen; die Schmusereienen, ugs -> umgangssprachlich, österr. WB, ÖBV. It could mean 'youthful BrE: skylarking on a grand scale', but the original and pre-eminently current Viennese/ Austrian meaning - that seems to have been lost on lexicographers and in the discussion entries so far - of a big 'smacker' on the lips or a big cuddle ought IMO to be retained. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://context.reverso.net/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/swee... |
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8 hrs confidence:
Youthful over-exhuberance Explanation: It was the ways and means Beppo used to manage his various positions, he wrote strange things to his parents: about guests he carried down the stairs, about tips that were too small, etc. Is this true or was it just youthful over-exhuberance?" |
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22 hrs confidence:
| nur jugendliche Großschmuserei just a young man showing off Explanation: I'm posting this because 'jugendlich' forms part of the asker's search term/phrase and I don't think the literal rendition as 'youthful' sounds natural. Is what he says true, or is it just a young man showing off? Alternatively acting big which conveys the 'Groß' element but may be slightly anachronistic. |
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22 hrs confidence:
adolescent folly Explanation: seems to describe what he was doing |
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1 day 2 hrs confidence:
juvenile hyperbole Explanation: ...comes to mind. Compare with this: "Leaving aside the fact this reads like the kind of juvenile hyperbole you'd expect from a six-year old, it illustrates a woefully inadequate understanding..." https://www.lse.co.uk/profiles/babyinvestor/?page=7 |
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1 day 10 hrs confidence:
juvenile grandstanding Explanation: there are a lot of good suggestions there, but adding another one as grandstanding immediately came to mind and also has a literal link to groß via the grand... and well, grandstanding is a lot of hot air as well....;-D |
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1 day 17 hrs confidence:
youthful blather Explanation: 'Youthful exuberance/folly' are standard collocations, but lack the negative meaning of 'Großschmuserei', suggesting overblown, misleading nonsense, bombast, hype(rbole), etc., according to your explanation. 'Hyperbole' and 'exaggeration' are semantically apt, but don't match the colloquial register. More colourful alternatives might be 'youthful baloney', or similar, if a dated US English favour is desired. (More vulgar compound & rhyming options exist.) 'Youthful posturing' suggests a conscious intent to mislead or impress (not sure that really applies here). 'Youthful fancy' connotes innocent, but slightly conceited flights of imagination, without intent to mislead. 'Blather' evokes excited hot air, insubstantial nonsense, and fits the register, while lacking the colour of the source cultural term. As ever, there are no perfect matches. Apologies for answering late. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 8 hrs (2023-09-21 09:02:25 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Yes, your right: something like '*overdone* youthful blather', or *over-egged* might do nicely. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 8 hrs (2023-09-21 09:03:00 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- not sure what happened to *you're*, sorry |
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