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Chipmunking

French translation: Goinfrerie

09:21 Jan 23, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: Chipmunking
Good morning,

The term is used in a cartoon broadcast on television.
The hero is entering an eating contest (eating up as many hotdogs as he can in a limited period of time).
The voice over is using the term "chipmunking", describing it as a very popular technique used in all eating contexts. I can visualize the action, but I cannot find the right term for it, keeping in mind that the vocabulary used is very familiar, aimed at children.

The word in its context, excerpt from the text : 'Chipmunking', as it is called, is a typical eating contest technique, most effective at the end, in the last seconds!

'grignotage' is not powerful enough I believe....

Thank you very much!

Cécile
Cécile Gaultier
French translation:Goinfrerie
Explanation:
Ou, si le nom peut être traduit par un verbe en tournant la phrase autrement, pourquoi pas bâfrer ?
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Céline Lemoine
Local time: 00:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4Goinfrerie
Céline Lemoine
4se gaver
Victor Santos
4s'empiffrer
isareye
4engloutir,ingurgiter
Irène Guinez
2casse-croûte / grignotement / engloutissement
Alexandre Tissot
Summary of reference entries provided
Chipmunking
Sandra Mouton

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
chipmunking
casse-croûte / grignotement / engloutissement


Explanation:
Quelques idées...

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Note added at 4 mins (2013-01-23 09:26:14 GMT)
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"Glouper" pour jouer sur un décalage ?

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Note added at 7 mins (2013-01-23 09:28:24 GMT)
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Dévorer ?

Alexandre Tissot
Local time: 00:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 13
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci Alexandre, mais je vois en ce terme quelque chose de plus "convulsif, saccadé....", et je ne vois pas quel terme je pourrais utiliser...

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
chipmunking
Goinfrerie


Explanation:
Ou, si le nom peut être traduit par un verbe en tournant la phrase autrement, pourquoi pas bâfrer ?

Céline Lemoine
Local time: 00:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandre Tissot: Joli !
2 mins
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
6 mins
agree  Alain Boulé: oui pour bâfrer
13 mins
agree  Odile Raymond: bâfrer
24 mins
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chipmunking
se gaver


Explanation:
Un peu familier mais assez "puissant" (;-P)

Victor Santos
France
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chipmunking
s'empiffrer


Explanation:
suggestion

isareye
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
chipmunking
engloutir,ingurgiter


Explanation:
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Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 00:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 6
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Reference comments


54 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Chipmunking

Reference information:
D'après cette bonne vieille Wikipedia, il s'agit de la pratique qui consiste à stocker de la nourriture dans ses joues dans le "sprint final" du concours de celui qui mangera le plus de ci ou ça. Rien de saccadé ni compulsif, donc, mais une technique de gagnants. Je m'arrête, l'intégralité du sujet de "competitive eating" me lève le cœur.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_eating#Chipmunking
Sandra Mouton
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Victor Santos: oui, l'image du rongeur qui stocke sa nourriture dans ses joues mais c'est difficile à restituer en français
2 mins
agree  Alain Boulé: "bajouefrer" ? ;)
28 mins
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