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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4850 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 17 of 29 29 August 2012 at 11:07am | IP Logged | |||||
The rules are always stricter for women… There are tons of situations in the life when men are criticized and women not. Or women are forgiven and men are not. This example also shows that the fact that there are more men among chefs does not necessarily make harm to women. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4282 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 18 of 29 02 September 2012 at 1:30pm | IP Logged | |||||
I've come across sources that refine the slang further, defining a woman on the hunt for younger men as "Pumas" if they're in their 30's and "Cougars" if they're in their 40's. By the way, the term "dirty old man" referring to an older man on the lookout for much younger women is a very commonly used idiom in the Philippines, but speakers will almost always use the acronym "D.O.M.". The usage of the word conjures an image of a balding man in his fifties or above, possibly sporting a shirt unbuttoned enough to bare some of his chest, flashing around jewelry, driving a fancy car and ostentatiously showing off his personal wealth, in his attempt to attract much younger women. For example: Dios ko, tignan mo naman ang matanda na yan, mukhang D.O.M.. Puro alahas at naka-Rolex pa ata. Nakatayo lang sa tabi ng Ferrari niya na nakaparada sa harap ng club, payosi-yosi habang nakatingin sa chicks. (Colloquial Tagalog) Translation: Oh dear, take a look at that old guy, he looks like a dirty old man. He has quite a lot of jewelry on and is most probably wearing a Rolex. He's just standing there beside his Ferrari parked in front of the club, smoking cigarettes while staring at chicks. Edited by Duke100782 on 06 September 2012 at 9:43am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| viedums Hexaglot Senior Member Thailand Joined 4460 days ago 327 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Latvian, English*, German, Mandarin, Thai, French Studies: Vietnamese | Message 19 of 29 03 September 2012 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Sticking with Asia:
In Mandarin they say that sort of older man likes to eat tofu (吃豆腐). I guess this is because a young woman’s body is ideally soft, pale and jiggly, like beancurd. In Thai there is something similar yet not quite identical. Thai has two terms for coconut: the young green kind is called “maphrao orn”, the old brown kind (the kind usually available in the West) is “maphrao thuenthuek”. So a woman who is no longer young may get called an “old coconut” – again sort of an organic metaphor having to do with her coloration, softness etc. In my experience, it’s okay to joke about tofu with young Chinese – you might even get a compliment for your knowledge of idioms - but mentioning you know about sao thuenthuek to a middle-aged Thai woman is generally a mistake. I should add that an old man who likes young women in Thai is called "tao hua nguu" or snakehead - a very negative term. Edited by viedums on 03 September 2012 at 6:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4465 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 20 of 29 04 September 2012 at 7:48am | IP Logged | |||||
I think it's the opposite. The rich old man is seen as using his wealth to help him succeed, which is a dirtier image than a poor old man who relies on his charm. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4566 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 21 of 29 04 September 2012 at 10:35am | IP Logged | |||||
Edited by vonPeterhof on 04 September 2012 at 10:37am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4924 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 22 of 29 04 September 2012 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
And on the the other side of it, we have the "gold-diggers" - those that seek out rich old men (or women), hoping to cash in on their death. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 09 September 2012 at 3:29pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4505 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 23 of 29 05 September 2012 at 6:57am | IP Logged | |||||
Wow, what part of the US are you from? I am a native, and have never heard the term "pig" used that way. I mean, I've heard it used to refer to a guy who is all about sex, not never at all with a gay connotation. More about him being like a sex-crazed pervert for women. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4566 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 24 of 29 05 September 2012 at 10:18am | IP Logged | |||||
Um, I didn't write that... Edited by vonPeterhof on 05 September 2012 at 10:19am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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