snappy / snap

French translation: suivant ce que tu as dit pour crappy...

10:16 Mar 26, 2004
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: snappy / snap
Here is the context:

"That was the inspiration, either Jonny Quest or Samson and Goliath. Some crappy Saturday morning show. Maybe I shouldn't say they were crappy, they were snappy. Yeah, snappy. They were real pieces of snap."
Sylvia Rochonnat
France
Local time: 02:40
French translation:suivant ce que tu as dit pour crappy...
Explanation:
merdique, pourri, minable, etc...

snap
35 votes

The substitute for the word "shit".

Oh Snap! I forgot to bust a cap in jimmys ass last night.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snap&f=1

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Jérôme Haushalter
France
Local time: 02:40
Grading comment
merci !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1de la bouillie pour les chats
Pascal Burguiere (X)
3 +1suivant ce que tu as dit pour crappy...
Jérôme Haushalter
4Bilieux, éclaboussé de bile
Channel
3facile/vite fait
Francoise St Marc
3qui a du punch
RHELLER


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
suivant ce que tu as dit pour crappy...


Explanation:
merdique, pourri, minable, etc...

snap
35 votes

The substitute for the word "shit".

Oh Snap! I forgot to bust a cap in jimmys ass last night.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snap&f=1

Il y a 28 définitions du même style après celle-là!

Jérôme Haushalter
France
Local time: 02:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
Grading comment
merci !

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agree  cjohnstone
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Bilieux, éclaboussé de bile


Explanation:
C’est simplement une idée, une interprétation parmi tant d’autres

Channel
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
de la bouillie pour les chats


Explanation:
En plus des sens mentionné par Jérôme :
"it's a snap" : c'est du gâteau
snap (UK slang) : bouffe !!

Pascal Burguiere (X)
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cjohnstone: ou bien même idée "du n'importe quoi" ?
25 mins
  -> Merci, j'essayais de garder la référence alimentaire.
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facile/vite fait


Explanation:
snappy/snap pas complêtement négatif (voir définition çi-dessous) pas du tout comme crappy (merdique etc....) veut dire rapide/rapidement (cf: make it snappy! = fais vite, grouilles toi etc..) facile/facilement style vite 'torché''les doigts dans le nez'. facile a aussi deux acceptions en français ((trop facile, trop de facilité), peuvent être négatifs aussi), mas difficile de rendre le jeu de sons 'crappy', 'snappy'
Webber:
Entry Word: snap
Function: noun
Text: 1 something easily managed or accomplished <that exam was a snap>
Synonyms breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pie, ||pipe, pushover, setup, ||snip, soft touch
Related Word sinecure
Idioms a simple twist of the wrist, simplicity itself, soft snap
Contrasted Words difficulty, headache, problem, trouble; bother, inconvenience, pain


Francoise St Marc
France
Local time: 02:40
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qui a du punch


Explanation:
merdiques
des crottes

they are referring to "B" shows on Saturday morning; the parents are in bed and only the kids are in front of the TV.

There is something attractive about them (le punch) but the quality is "merdique"

RHELLER
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Local time: 18:40
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