fikus

English translation: a pansy

10:12 Sep 16, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / translation of subtitle
Swedish term or phrase: fikus
Så ska vi ju meddela att vår son har avlidit. Inte att han var fikus.
Mel Willetts (X)
Sweden
Local time: 02:01
English translation:a pansy
Explanation:
Sv-En Prisma
Collins: pansy
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George Hopkins
Local time: 02:01
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Summary of answers provided
5a pansy
George Hopkins
4gay - in another way
Deane Goltermann
4faggit
Mats Wiman
4fruit/fruitcake
J Tomkowicz


Discussion entries: 9





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a pansy


Explanation:
Sv-En Prisma
Collins: pansy

George Hopkins
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gay - in another way


Explanation:
Kind of negative, certainly not positive

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Note added at 15 mins (2013-09-16 10:28:17 GMT)
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As in ... http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fikus

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Note added at 18 mins (2013-09-16 10:30:51 GMT)
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With a listing of Eng alternatives -- take your pick
http://sv.bab.la/lexikon/svensk-engelsk/fikus

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faggit


Explanation:
oe ' but not that he was gay/a faggot'

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Note added at 11 mins (2013-09-16 10:24:05 GMT)
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the term is faggot not faggit

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Note added at 36 mins (2013-09-16 10:48:41 GMT)
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Faggot can be regarded as offensive, but thatd epends on the context.
It can be ragarded as an ironic provocation

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fruit/fruitcake


Explanation:
I think this is the English translation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_(slang)

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Note added at 2 days9 hrs (2013-09-18 20:03:14 GMT)
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or a "fairy": (slang) a male homosexual
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fairy?sh...


J Tomkowicz
Italy
Local time: 02:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  SafeTex: Unfortunately, this word is also used in slang in a second way which could be ambiguous here. See 'as nutty as a fruitcake' on Google. For me 'a fruitcake' is nutty as in stupid rather than homo
17 hrs
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