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zelda_pinwheel · 05-11-2008, 08:49 PM

i just thought of another one. i don't know if it has a good translation in english, i would be interested to learn it if it does :

décalé(e)

a very useful word. the litteral meaning is something like "shifted" or "deplaced". one very common meaning can be translated as jet-lagged, but it can also be used in a similar sense, when "someone" (ahem) has managed to get themselves completely off a normal timetable, for example not going to bed until 4 in the morning, without the assistance of long-distance air travel (or faster than light travel, or any travel at all, but all within the comfort of their own home).

it also has a more figurative meaning, for something which is "shifted" from the norm, like the opposite of "mainstream".

any ideas ? a word like that would be really useful to me in english, for obvious reasons.

(goodnight...)

05-11-2008, 08:49 PM	#101
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i just thought of another one. i don't know if it has a good translation in english, i would be interested to learn it if it does : décalé(e) a very useful word. the litteral meaning is something like "shifted" or "deplaced". one very common meaning can be translated as jet-lagged, but it can also be used in a similar sense, when "someone" (ahem) has managed to get themselves completely off a normal timetable, for example not going to bed until 4 in the morning, without the assistance of long-distance air travel (or faster than light travel, or any travel at all, but all within the comfort of their own home). it also has a more figurative meaning, for something which is "shifted" from the norm, like the opposite of "mainstream". any ideas ? a word like that would be really useful to me in english, for obvious reasons. (goodnight...)