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schlubby

French translation: stupide, idiot

09:58 Nov 4, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: schlubby
Men who resembled the new culture's notion of Adonis would have lured more fertile females to their beds and sired more children than the schlubbier guys who couldn't seem to kick the unccol habits the old and infinitely inferior parent tribe had prized.
aude lemeunier
France
Local time: 16:43
French translation:stupide, idiot
Explanation:
Yiddish
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DPolice
Local time: 16:43
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4 +4stupide, idiot
DPolice
5Rustaud, Plouc
zaphod


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
stupide, idiot


Explanation:
Yiddish


    Reference: http://www.pass.to/glossary/gloz3.htm#lets
DPolice
Local time: 16:43
PRO pts in pair: 779

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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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agree  Cosmonipolita
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agree  JCEC
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Rustaud, Plouc


Explanation:
Adonis n'a rien a faire avec l'intelligence, il s'agit ici de beaute. "Schlub" est l'equivalent de "Slob" en Anglais, donc un type mal habille, mal coiffee, et eventuallement mal baise...

zaphod
Local time: 16:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 916
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