avdankade
English translation: Retired & Honorably Discharged
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| 4 +1 | Retired & Honorably Discharged |
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| 4 | retired |
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| 4 | washed-up |
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| 3 | discharged |
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| 3 -1 | placed on the reserve list |
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12 mins confidence: 
retired Explanation: My dictionary has the same suggestions, but it specifies that used about officers, it means "retired". This is when used neutrally - but depending on the wider context, it could also mean discharged (which is why the word used in other contexts can be derogatory: "seedy" etc.) |
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12 mins confidence:
discharged Explanation: My dictionary gives "discharged" though I'm mostly familiar with the term from its useage as "avdankade skidåkare", meaning they've retired because they were no longer good enough. |
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54 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1placed on the reserve list Explanation: Also used; means the officer may be recalled (eg for Iraq) but is no longer on active service; therefore often means retired. More flattering than 'retired' and much more flattering than 'discharged', which has all sorts of overtones. But 'retired' may be the simplest translation Reference: http://www.army.mod.uk/contacts/divisions/ |
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58 mins confidence:
washed-up Explanation: washed-up adjective No longer effective, capable, or valuable: done, done for, finished, through. Informal kaput. Idioms: at the end of the line (or road) , over the hill, past one's prime. See ability, start. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2004-08-08 16:36:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- oops... can I change my mind? it\'s washed-out, not washed-up! washed-out [ wshtout, wôsht- ] adj. Lacking color or intensity; faded. Exhausted or tired-looking. Having dropped a project or an enterprise or having been dropped from one: a washed-out officer candidate -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 0 min (2004-08-08 16:37:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It\'s too hot here today :o) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 3 mins (2004-08-08 16:40:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Discshop ... Jag tycker det känns som en annan genre, möjligen drama. S1m0ne är en väldigt intressant och bra film, Al Pacino gör sig bra som sliten och avdankad.. ... www.discshop.se/LIVE/shop/ds.php?red=ds_ produkt.php&&arg=id@@@33865,,, - 42k - Cachad - Liknande sidor Discshop ... Handlingen är däremot upprörande! En avdankad och till synes alkoliserad soldat (Cruise) hyrs in av förmögna japaner för att rensa undan samurajer. ... www.discshop.se/LIVE/shop/ds.php?red=ditt_ omdomen.php&&arg=id@@@269059,,, - 101k Dead Presidents ... Lorenz Tate), beginning just before high school graduation, continuing on to his years in Vietnam, then back to the Bronx as a washed-out soldier with a wife ... www.fringeblog.com/archives/ 2004/01/19/dead_presidents.php - 11k - Cachad - Liknande sidor Mega Man MUSH: ... I know what you\'re thinking: What reasons did the UN have to give a washed-out soldier all these nice toys, on top of actually paying for getting the extensive ... www.megamanmush.com/sampleapps/abernathy_app.shtml - 56k -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 50 mins (2004-08-08 18:27:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- From the Swedish National Encyclopaedia - confirms that it is nowadays used in a derogatory sense: avdankad a`vdankad adj. avdankat ORDLED: av--dank-ad • som inte längre är i (yrkes)verksamhet [ngt nedsätt.]: en ~ gammal präst BET.NYANS: urspr. pensionerad HIST.: sedan ca 1600; till lågty. afdanken \'avtacka\' Reference: http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/thes/w/w1687600.html |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Retired & Honorably Discharged Explanation: It basically describes an officer who reached his "level of incompetence" (See Peters's principles) without doing something drastically wrong and was bribed out of the system by retirement at one rank over his last rank (If you google on "kaptens avsked" you'll get the idea!). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 31 mins (2004-08-08 17:08:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OOPS! Please read: \"Peters\' principles\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 36 mins (2004-08-08 20:13:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.hi.is/~joner/eaps/y3_95367.htm |
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