Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
fikonspråk
English translation:
a secret language, a style that uses a lot of complicated expressions that are meant to be intelligible only to a select circle
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Dec 15, 2005 11:02
18 yrs ago
Swedish term
fikonspråk
Swedish to English
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Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | secret language | asptech |
5 +1 | jargon | George Hopkins |
5 | esoteric language | Michele Fauble |
3 +1 | gibberish | Christine Andersen |
4 | gibberish | Karin Hallberg |
Proposed translations
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secret language
In the 1930's, there was a fad of invented "secret" languages that only the speaker and the listener were supposed to understand. One of these was "fikonspråket", where you split a word inte two parts, reverse the parts and then put "fi" at the beginning and "kon" at the end. A cigarette butt, "stump", became "fimpstukon" or "fimp" for short, and coffee, "kaffe", ended up as "fika". These, I think, were the only two Swedish words that survived the "secret language" fad. And the name itself, "fikonspråk", now denotes a style that uses a lot of complicated expressions and wordings that are meant to be intelligible only to a select circle of connoisseurs.
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Comment: "all the interesting things one can learn here..."
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Swedish term (edited):
fikonspr�k
gibberish
Gibberish
I don't know if that fits?
(You should see the job I'm trying to deliver ASAP ... ;-) )
I don't know if that fits?
(You should see the job I'm trying to deliver ASAP ... ;-) )
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E2efour (X)
: jargon is only gibberish to those who don't understand it See comment in. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Fikonspråket
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I didn't know fikonspråk was jargon ... but I don't specialise in Swedish.
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Roald Toskedal
: We've seen 'em all, sister! ;)
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Thanks, I know. Now I'm doing a regular job where the client can actually write... same old chit-chat every time, but it's well thought out - quite a different challenge! :-) Neither jargon nor gibberish...
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EKM
: Thanks for the history lesson. I didn't know the origins of 'fikonspråk' personally, and I am certain 90% of the Swedish population are equally ignorant. In modern Swedish, 'fikonspråk' *IS* gibberish or gobbledygook.
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Swedish term (edited):
fikonspr�k
gibberish
kanske låter lite bättre?
Se t.ex.:
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200511/avoid_web_jargo...
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-12-15 11:13:12 GMT)
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Synonymer från Websters Dictionary: babble, blabber, bunk, claptrap, drivel, fudge, gabble, gobbledygook (also gobbledegook), hogwash, jabber, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, piffle, prattle, rigmarole, rot
Related Words abracadabra; chatter, clatter, gab, gibber, prate, tattle, twaddle; double-talk, hocus-pocus, jive; gas, hot air, wind
Se t.ex.:
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200511/avoid_web_jargo...
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-12-15 11:13:12 GMT)
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Synonymer från Websters Dictionary: babble, blabber, bunk, claptrap, drivel, fudge, gabble, gobbledygook (also gobbledegook), hogwash, jabber, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, piffle, prattle, rigmarole, rot
Related Words abracadabra; chatter, clatter, gab, gibber, prate, tattle, twaddle; double-talk, hocus-pocus, jive; gas, hot air, wind
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Swedish term (edited):
fikonspr�k
jargon
Probably what you are looking for.
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Thank you Barry.
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Swedish term (edited):
fikonspr�k
esoteric language
Each of those fields has its esoteric language, which has emerged over time to ...
cgi.gjhost.com/~cgi/mt/netweaverarchive/000014.html
... a technical or esoteric language used by workers in a particular ...
www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/english101/files/19Jargon.d...
Highly technical or esoteric language. ...
www.kiffinsblog.com/archives/words_ad_infinitum/
Highly technical or esoteric language. ... Nonsense, gibberish; jargon, jabber, mere words, hocus-pocus, fustian, rant, bombast, balderdash, palaver, ...
www.cyber-gish.com/Blogger/archives/000195.html
All too frequently, doctors are too absorbed in the esoteric language of medicine to
... My wife has taught me about the proper jargon to use in the school ...
www.mundanebehavior.org/issues/v1n2/maddux.htm
... into narrow specialties defined by technical, jargon-filled writing. ... does to couch them in such esoteric language that none but fellow specialists ...
www.neh.gov/whoweare/speeches/05032002.html
cgi.gjhost.com/~cgi/mt/netweaverarchive/000014.html
... a technical or esoteric language used by workers in a particular ...
www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/english101/files/19Jargon.d...
Highly technical or esoteric language. ...
www.kiffinsblog.com/archives/words_ad_infinitum/
Highly technical or esoteric language. ... Nonsense, gibberish; jargon, jabber, mere words, hocus-pocus, fustian, rant, bombast, balderdash, palaver, ...
www.cyber-gish.com/Blogger/archives/000195.html
All too frequently, doctors are too absorbed in the esoteric language of medicine to
... My wife has taught me about the proper jargon to use in the school ...
www.mundanebehavior.org/issues/v1n2/maddux.htm
... into narrow specialties defined by technical, jargon-filled writing. ... does to couch them in such esoteric language that none but fellow specialists ...
www.neh.gov/whoweare/speeches/05032002.html
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