| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | Fairy Dust | | Hindi translation: | TaknIki/Aspasht/Durooh/GooRH/ |
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Other | | English term or phrase: Fairy Dust | | It is just a phrase. |
| | | TaknIki/Aspasht/Durooh/GooRH/ | Explanation:
Fairy-dust is a slang phrase which means something too technical or obscure to understand. Probably not even worth understanding.
Example: Yeah, I looked up the specs, but that stuff is all fairy-dust.
If it is used in the sense of Technical, then Takniki would be applicable, otherwise if used in the context of something obscure, then the remaining three alternatives may prove useful.
Here is a reference which confirms the above meaning of this slang phrase:
http://www.slangsite.com/slang/F.html
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Note added at 22 hrs 14 mins (2004-06-28 16:47:00 GMT)
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Here are the Hindi equivalents in Unicode for something too technical or obscure to understand:
TaknIki >>>>> तकनीकी
Aspasht >>>>> अस्पष्ट
Durooh >>>>> दुरूह
GooRH >>>>> गूढ़
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| | fairy dust see comment.
Explanation:
Since "fairy-dust" in actual usage means "too obscure to be understood", the equivalent Hindi phrase would be "Ugddum-Buggddum" -> अगड़म-बगड़म.
Hth,
Sanjay.
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Note added at 9 hrs 37 mins (2004-06-28 04:09:56 GMT)
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To translate the example provided by langclinic -
Yeah, I looked up the specs, but that stuff is all fairy-dust.
\"हाँ, मैनें स्पॅक्स देखे, लेकिन (मेरे लिए) वह सब अगड़म-बगड़म ही है.\"
| SanjaySAgrawal
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| | fairy dust TaknIki/Aspasht/Durooh/GooRH/
Explanation:
Fairy-dust is a slang phrase which means something too technical or obscure to understand. Probably not even worth understanding.
Example: Yeah, I looked up the specs, but that stuff is all fairy-dust.
If it is used in the sense of Technical, then Takniki would be applicable, otherwise if used in the context of something obscure, then the remaining three alternatives may prove useful.
Here is a reference which confirms the above meaning of this slang phrase:
http://www.slangsite.com/slang/F.html
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Note added at 22 hrs 14 mins (2004-06-28 16:47:00 GMT)
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Here are the Hindi equivalents in Unicode for something too technical or obscure to understand:
TaknIki >>>>> तकनीकी
Aspasht >>>>> अस्पष्ट
Durooh >>>>> दुरूह
GooRH >>>>> गूढ़
Reference: http://www.slangsite.com/slang/F.html
| langclinic
India
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of:  Hindi
PRO pts in category: 60
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