Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 10, 2018 13:47
5 yrs ago
Italian term
tette
May offend
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Popular culture
This is from a novel, where the author is lamenting the state our planet is in (climate change, pollution etc.).
"La generazione che avrebbe avuto tutti i mezzi per poter finalmente redimere il genere umano dalle sue secolari follie ed invece ha miserabilmente capitolato davanti ad una tormenta di tette, polli fritti e sneakers firmate."
My first thought was "big-breasted women", however I think it's a more general reference to our overall fixation with outward appearance, using apps to touch up our selfies before we post them on Instagram, the fact that sex is used to sell everything, knowing how to pose the right way on Instagram to get the highest number of followers...
So obviously I know the meaning of "tette", however I need a neat way to express what I think is a wider concept.
TIA!
"La generazione che avrebbe avuto tutti i mezzi per poter finalmente redimere il genere umano dalle sue secolari follie ed invece ha miserabilmente capitolato davanti ad una tormenta di tette, polli fritti e sneakers firmate."
My first thought was "big-breasted women", however I think it's a more general reference to our overall fixation with outward appearance, using apps to touch up our selfies before we post them on Instagram, the fact that sex is used to sell everything, knowing how to pose the right way on Instagram to get the highest number of followers...
So obviously I know the meaning of "tette", however I need a neat way to express what I think is a wider concept.
TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +4 | boobs | Tom in London |
4 +1 | tits | Cedric Randolph |
4 | knockers | Michael Korovkin |
3 | well-endowed, heavily endowed | writeaway |
Change log
Oct 24, 2018 06:27: Tom in London Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+4
2 mins
Selected
boobs
v. common in UK English
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Note added at 3 mins (2018-10-10 13:51:18 GMT)
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boobs, fried chicken, and designer sneakers
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Note added at 3 mins (2018-10-10 13:51:18 GMT)
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boobs, fried chicken, and designer sneakers
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Ian Mansbridge
: But trainers, not sneakers!
13 mins
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OK trainers, if you prefer
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agree |
Angie Garbarino
15 mins
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agree |
Peter Cox
1 hr
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agree |
SYLVY75
1 day 19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
15 mins
1 hr
knockers
(big) knockers, fried chicken and signed running shoes
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-10-10 16:03:28 GMT)
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sorry for a blooper: I meant designer running shoes... just drifted off in never-never land with the "signed" calque... :(
Not that it matters: the issue is about them thar knockers...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-10-10 16:03:28 GMT)
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sorry for a blooper: I meant designer running shoes... just drifted off in never-never land with the "signed" calque... :(
Not that it matters: the issue is about them thar knockers...
3 hrs
well-endowed, heavily endowed
If you're not looking specifically for a slang word for breasts
humorous approving (of a man) having large sexual organs, or (of a woman) having large breasts:
He's very well endowed!
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/well-...
humorous approving (of a man) having large sexual organs, or (of a woman) having large breasts:
He's very well endowed!
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/well-...
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