Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 8, 2008 17:37
16 yrs ago
Swedish term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
ös
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
Slang
From a young adult novel. 15 year olds are talking about a party.
”…världens jävla party … alla ska dit, det kommer bli sånt ös … och Tobbe kommer och hans polare också, du vet han med det schysta smajlet …”
”…världens jävla party … alla ska dit, det kommer bli sånt ös … och Tobbe kommer och hans polare också, du vet han med det schysta smajlet …”
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | awesome |
niclashjerth
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| 4 +2 | pumping |
Hugh Curtis
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| 5 | a gas |
Mårten Sandberg
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| 4 | wild |
Anders G
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Proposed translations
40 mins
Selected
awesome
as in "it's gonna be awesome" I think other terms may be too narrow and only suitable to certain groups, awesome is broader
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: ""party is going to be" + awesome 12000+ Google hits; + wild 1500 hits; + pumping 2 hits; + a gas 1 hit. "
+2
14 mins
pumping
it'll be jamming or pumping
Note from asker:
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
niclashjerth
: 30 years ago it would have been far out, 10 years ago dope
24 mins
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Thanks niclashjerth
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| agree |
Tania McConaghy
: ös implies loud also!
14 hrs
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Thanks Tania
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5 hrs
wild
it is going to be wild...
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20 hrs
Mårten Sandberg
Native in Swedish
Linguistic Engineering, (M.Sc. Eng.)
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Spanish to Swedish, Portuguese to Swedish, and 2 more.
a gas
Rather slangish yes
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