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English translation: most fashionable and exciting

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English term or phrase:	hottest (in this context)
English translation:	most fashionable and exciting
Entered by:	Jack Doughty

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15:27 Nov 22, 2008

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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / racing

English term or phrase: hottest

Hello All

Kindly provide me with the proper meaning of the word in this context

Race in 3 of the world's hottest cities: Beverly Hills, Shanghai and NYC

TIA

Regards

Ivo

ivo abdman KudoZ activity Questions: 250 (9 open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 995 Indonesia
Local time: 08:24

most fashionable and exciting

Explanation:
They certainly are't the world's hottest in terms of temperature.

Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
Local time: 02:24

Grading comment

Thanks, I made a little modification, I hope it's OK
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

most fashionable and exciting

Jack Doughty

3 +3

most exciting

Nesrin

4 +1

trendy/ trendiest, in vogue

Mapi

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

most fashionable and exciting

Explanation:
They certainly are't the world's hottest in terms of temperature.

Jack Doughty
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 35

Grading comment

Thanks, I made a little modification, I hope it's OK

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Nesrin: My reply must have come a few seconds after yours. I agree.

0 min

-> Thank you.

agree

Lalit Sati

2 mins

-> Thank you.

agree

orientalhorizon

4 mins

-> Thank you.

agree

Suzan Hamer: yes; here hottest means coolest....trendy, happening...

9 mins

-> Thank you.

agree

Demi Ebrite: 'Hottest' may also include the risk factor, or danger and consequences of getting caught by the authorities. If this is a game, then the perimeters and rules will tell you. If this relates to actual cities, then this idea might not apply.

2 hrs

-> Thank you. That's right.

agree

Alice Bootman: Also Mapi's answer.

3 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Marlene Blanshay

4 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Phong Le

17 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Mohamed Elsayed

1 day19 hrs

-> Thank you.

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

most exciting

Explanation:
The context isn't that clear, but I think that's what it means here.

Nesrin
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of: Arabic

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

trendy/ trendiest, in vogue

Explanation:
some other options as "hot" in this sense is supposed to be something that represents the latest fashion, trendiest would be my choice

Mapi
Local time: 02:24
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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Changes made by editors

Nov 24, 2008 - Changes made by Jack Doughty:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Nov 22, 2008 - Changes made by Konstantin Kisin:
Field (specific)	Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino => Sports / Fitness / Recreation

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