blaguen

English translation: the blague

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Swedish term or phrase:blaguen
English translation:the blague
Entered by: David Shannon

09:23 May 2, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Swedish term or phrase: blaguen
Comes from an article on press coverage during the 1930s.
The whole quote reads: Sysslolösa och lättjefulla kretsar inom överklassen kännetecknades av en för tidig frihet som resulterade i ”blaguen, den moraliska estetiskt färgade nihilismen, anspråket på prerogativ på tillvarons njutningar/…/”.
David Shannon
Sweden
Local time: 21:01
the blague
Explanation:
this is a vulgar French word for "lying", "boasting", "bragging" etc. - you get the picture.
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Local time: 21:01
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the blague


Explanation:
this is a vulgar French word for "lying", "boasting", "bragging" etc. - you get the picture.

asptech
Local time: 21:01
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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