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Greaseball

Arabic translation: الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطالي


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English term or phrase:Greaseball
Arabic translation:الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطالي
Entered by: halani
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07:08 Nov 29, 2009
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Greaseball
she didn't even know him. I mean, she used to call him "Greaseball"
MrNuga
الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطالي
Explanation:
الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطالي
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=grease ball
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halani
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 10:12
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4 +2الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطاليhalani
4كرة الدهن
Fahd Hassanein


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
greaseball
كرة الدهن


Explanation:
The term is supposed to be a slang one used in a derogatory manner to describe some people.
A greaseball is someone who looks like they don't take showers all that often. ....... seem to be naturally greasy and unheigenic. Therefore this name was made to describe this certain breed of italians who lack etiquette and basic hygeine.
I would like to express my disagreement with the stereotyping manner very apparent in the description used. That is why I chose not to write the name of the people that were described in that manner. I only added the sentence for clarification of why I chose the Arabic expression.

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-11-29 07:19:32 GMT)
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Whoops!! Forgot to remove the second one!! :) I am glad I did not forget to add the bold clarification.

Fahd Hassanein
Egypt
Local time: 08:12
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
greaseball
الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطالي


Explanation:
الإيطالي/الرجل الإيطالي
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=grease ball

halani
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 10:12
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 40

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agree  Zoubida Hamdaoui
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Dec 2, 2009 - Changes made by halani:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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