tette

English translation: boobs

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Italian term or phrase:tette
English translation:boobs
Entered by: Tom in London

13:47 Oct 10, 2018
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Popular culture
Italian term or phrase: tette
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!
Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 15:05
boobs
Explanation:
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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Tom in London
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Local time: 14:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4boobs
Tom in London
4 +1tits
Cedric Randolph
4knockers
Michael Korovkin
3well-endowed, heavily endowed
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boobs


Explanation:
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

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian Mansbridge: But trainers, not sneakers!
13 mins
  -> OK trainers, if you prefer

agree  Angie Garbarino
15 mins

agree  Peter Cox
1 hr

agree  SYLVY75
1 day 19 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tits


Explanation:
I would put it this way, as it's more widely heard.

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 15:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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agree  Peter Cox
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knockers


Explanation:
(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...

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 15:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
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well-endowed, heavily endowed


Explanation:
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-...

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