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English translation: a small person in stature or a person regarded as unimportant

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English term or phrase:	shrimp
English translation:	a small person in stature or a person regarded as unimportant

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11:53 Oct 2, 2009

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English term or phrase: shrimp

i heard that quite a few times but i don’t know what to make of it.

Could it mean anything else than common shrimp?

foghorn
Turkey

a small person in stature or a person regarded as unimportant

Explanation:
If you are looking for the definition other than the common shrimp which some of us eat, the word means the above, but cannot be so sure since there is no context at all.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shrimp

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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 18:20

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a small person in stature or a person regarded as unimportant

Yasutomo Kanazawa

US for Prawn

Gary D

The sensitive high resolution ion microprobe

xxxsirgay

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a small person in stature or a person regarded as unimportant

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 18:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

thank you!

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The sensitive high resolution ion microprobe

Explanation:
The sensitive high resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) is a large-diameter, double focusing secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) instrument ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHRIMP

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Homosexual young person, end corporally and beardless. Sometimes pejorative.
www.speedylook.com/The_Community_bear.html

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A classic Italian rice dish made with Arborio rice. This is a dish where you can really play with the ingredients. Great for a lunch dish, starter for a dinner party or even as a dinner by itself.
www.escapeconcepts.co.za/one_pot_wonders

xxxsirgay
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:20
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Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: thank you sirgay!

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US for Prawn

Explanation:
In the USA. a prawn is a shrimp, not usually used to describe people, except if they are very young. It would be derogatory to call someone a shrimp.
An infant could be called a shrimp if they were very small, but you would only say it when they couldn't be offended.

Here in Au I grew up with a kid whose nickname was "shrimpy" He was very small, another friends name was "stretch" he was very tall. But this was 40 years ago when nicknames didn't matter so much.

I see the gay community also use Shrimpy....

Shrimpy, A gay like persona.. http://blogs.denverpost.com/opinion/2009/02/26/gay-or-just-s...

Shrimpy seems to be a popular Brand name for Restaurants, Dog beds, boats and also self proclaimed nicknames.

I am sure you don't need information on Prawns

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Just a thought.. calling someone a Shrimp (prawn) could be calling them a hard headed parasite. Prawns / shrimps are the Cockroaches of the sea...... Shrimp head?

Gary D
Australia
Local time: 19:20
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