blad

English translation: bro'

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English term or phrase:	blad
Selected answer:	bro'
Entered by:	Alina Matei

00:05 Jan 16, 2003

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: blad

"How's it going, blad?"
Has anyone ever heard this nonsense before? One of my students keeps calling me that, and although I have no idea what it could mean, I feel it has a negative connotation. I would very much like to know what it means (if it has any sort of meaning, because none of my colleagues/ friends have ever heard it). It could be just one of the 'innovative' terms in school life, but it is really getting on my nerves :)
Thanks a lot.

Alina Matei KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (2 open) (2 without valid answers) Answers: 115 Australia
Local time: 17:41

BLOKE ??? or Page, sheet, leaf - in Swedish

Explanation:
Definately, I have never heard this in English.

Perhaps it is a badly pronounced version of the Brit. English "bloke!"
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But when I first saw the question, I thought you were looking for the Swedish-English translation of a page,etc.

In Sweden, several newspapers have the word "blad" in them. eg. Svenska DagBLADet (The Swedish Daily), AftonBLADet (The Evening Paper).

Just some thoughts ... my best guess would be to ask him however??? Perhaps he is trying to start his own word!

Cheers,
Paula

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Oy, perhaps it is a badly pronounced version of the Amer. English
\"bud\".

Selected response from:

Paula Ibbotson
Canada
Local time: 04:11

Grading comment

Thanks a lot for your help! Everyone was very prompt and helpful, but since this answer kid of came closer to what it is...here we go.
The word was realy getting on my nerves (and not only mine - all my colleagues have been bewildered at having been called 'blad'). I have discretely investigated, and it appears to be a stupid pronunciation of 'blood' - and they seem t spell it wrong, too, as a synonym for 'brother'(something similar to 'bro', as far as I can understand from their clumsy explanations). Weird, if you ask me, but kids have the silliest expressions, don't they? We are talking about British kids, so I had to exclude foreign languages from the very beginning. Thanks again for your support.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

3 +4

Could it be Russian?

Yuri Geifman

well

Emilia Carneiro

bloed

Edith Kelly

bladdered / bald

jerrie

BLOKE ??? or Page, sheet, leaf - in Swedish

Paula Ibbotson

Vlad???

Andy Watkinson

blade

luisantos (X)

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Could it be Russian?

Explanation:
There's a Russian word that has a similar sound and means "slut", "ho". If that is indeed the case, the kid needs a good kick on his sorry butt.

Yuri Geifman
Canada
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English
PRO pts in pair: 32

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

agree

Nikita Kobrin: Did you mean "whore"? An interesting surmise: "ïðîíèêíîâåíüå íàøå ïî ïëàíåòå îñîáåííî çàìåòíî âäàëåêå - â îáùåñòâåííîì ïàðèæñêîì òóàëåòå åñòü íàäïèñè íà ðóññêîì ÿçûêå" :-)

15 mins

-> basically, yes (though "ho" is not used the same way as "whore")... ÿ âñòðå÷àþ àíàëîãè÷íûå íàäïèñè â Øòàòàõ è Êàíàäå äîâîëüíî ÷àñòî... ïðè÷åì íå íà Áðàéòîí-áè÷

agree

Alexandra Tussing

3 hrs

agree

xeni (X)

4 hrs

agree

Nina Engberg: Yeah, maybe he picked it up from somewhere and feels pretty smug knowing that you have no idea what he is saying!

9 hrs

-> maybe there's a Russian speaking kid in the class, or someone he knows outside school... e.g. through the Internet

16 mins confidence:

well

Explanation:
bl'ad' (slang)
often used like "well", but in the end of a clause
I am not sure, check it out.

Alternative Dictionaries collection
http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Russian.html

Emilia Carneiro
Brazil
Local time: 05:11
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

2 hrs confidence:

BLOKE ??? or Page, sheet, leaf - in Swedish

Paula Ibbotson
Canada
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 68

Grading comment

7 hrs confidence:

bloed

Explanation:
is German and means *stupid*. Kids and young people use this expression a lot, it features in advertising. A big chain store has a campaign *ich bin doch nicht bloed*, implying that everybody buying stuff somewhere else and pay more is stupid.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 10:11
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 278

8 hrs confidence:

bladdered / bald

Explanation:
This could be anything!? (Kids are weird...who knows what they find funny and why?)

My only thoughts are that it could be an abbreviations of 'bladdered' meaning (a) drunk (have they ever seen you worse for the wear?)

or a simple inversion of bald(y), ie making it an 'in' word that you won't understand, but they do (have they any reason to call you bald(y)?!)

Like any teasing/bullying/laughter at someone else's expense...your best bet is to ignore them (hopefully they'll go away and find someone else to amuse themselves with!)

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 773

10 hrs confidence:

Vlad???

Explanation:
Stefania,

As you obviously haven't seen this written down, is there a chance he's actually saying "Vlad", as in "Vlad the Drac" (the infamous impaler) who is a book and audio character. With repetition, "vlad" may end up coming out as "blad" - this would also be a character that all his friends would be familiar with.
Complete guesswork, obviously.

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Simon and Marshall\'s excellent adventure Peel, John 2000-08-10
The Howling ghost Pike, Christopher 2000-08-10
Scrambled eggs and spider legs Hogg, Gary 2000-07-13
Vlad the Drac down under Jungman, Ann 2000-08-10
Vlad the Drac vampire Jungman, Ann 2000-08-10
Vlad the Drac superstar Jungman, Ann 2000-08-10
The last vampire Hall, Willis 2000-08-10
Living a lie Cox, Josephine 2000-08-10
Harlequin Rex Marshall, Owen 2000-08-21
Night of the wolf Borchardt, Alice 2000-08-10
God in ruins Uris, Leon 2000-08-10
Edward Lear\'s nonsense Lear, Edward 2000-06-19

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Kachiko smiled pleasantly and waved. \"How\'s it going, Vlad-kun? Earthworms gnaw anything important off you?\" She patted her crotch meaningfully.

The vampire looked at the floating demon, looked again at Kachiko, then back at the ground. He sighed helplessly, put his glasses back in his pocket, picked up a piece of the shattered porch, and drove it into his heart.

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www.rakhal.com/florestica/d_b_sommer/wish/wish07.htm

Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 10:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 41

13 hrs confidence:

blade

Explanation:
maybe it has something to do with the movie Blade...

luisantos (X)
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

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