fløtegutt

English translation: wuss, sissy, mama's boy

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Norwegian term or phrase:	fløtegutt
English translation:	wuss, sissy, mama's boy
Entered by:	Tara Chace

17:26 Mar 18, 2007

Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Norwegian term or phrase: fløtegutt

In a young adult novel, a bunch of teenagers just saw a movie with Brad Pitt in it and the girls are all ga ga over Brad:
"Er ikke Brad Pitt skjønn?" sa Mona.
"Kjempeskjønn," sa Lise, og la hodet mot skulderen til Olav som var en diger fyr i niende og pumpa i Tormods Helsestudio.
"Fløtegutt!" sa Olav.
"Han er bare sjalu," sa Lise.

Tara Chace KudoZ activity Questions: 172 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 178 United States
Local time: 01:14

wuss

Explanation:
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-03-18 22:36:21 GMT)
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Actually, my suggestion is not here, but check the thesaurus at dictionary.com under "effeminate" - have your pick. My colleagues' suggestions are listed there :-)

Selected response from:

Thomas Deschington
Poland
Local time: 10:14

Grading comment

Thanks! Since this is a book for young people, I'm going to go with the most colloquial sounding one...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +2

sissy

Ivar Danielsen

mama's boy

Marianne Lindseth

wuss

Thomas Deschington

Answers

4 mins confidence:

mama's boy

Explanation:
In this case I think I would go for "mama's boy" as the closest term

Example sentence(s):

He's such a mama's boy!

Marianne Lindseth
Norway
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Norwegian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Wow! Thanks for the quick response. I think this is the fastest answer I've ever had to a question!

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sissy

Explanation:
I think "sissy" captures the meaning of "fløtegutt" very well.

Ivar Danielsen
Local time: 10:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Norwegian,

Norwegian (Bokmal)

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks!

5 hrs confidence:

wuss

Thomas Deschington
Poland
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of:

Norwegian

Grading comment

Thanks! Since this is a book for young people, I'm going to go with the most colloquial sounding one...

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