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Itasan
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girl hunting

Post by Itasan » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:45 pm

NAMPA
Literally 'soft-type boys' I understand.
I understand those are the boys who find
pleasure in chasing girls most of the time.
The verb form NAMPA-SURU is 'go girl hunting',
'talk to girls on the street into dating',
something like that.
Are there any similar slang words in English?
Thank you.
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sbourque
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Post by sbourque » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:02 pm

I have a Southern gentleman friend who calls it "trolling for women". You can also say "a skirt-chaser" but this is out-of-date slang.
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Itasan
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Thank you.

Post by Itasan » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:17 pm

Oh, great! What shall I do without this forum.
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Post by joshua2004 » Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:49 am

"player" is the most common in America.
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Post by tigertiger » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:31 am

Lounge lizard in UK, but a bit 1980s
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Itasan
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lounge lizard

Post by Itasan » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:43 am

Thank you very much, tigertiger.
Please accept my sincere appreciation
for the kind answer as always.
Itasan
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Post by emile » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:22 am

NAMPA
Literally 'soft-type boys' I understand.
I understand those are the boys who find
pleasure in chasing girls most of the time.
The verb form NAMPA-SURU is 'go girl hunting',
Interestingly, Itasan, a 'soft' man in English sounds a bit like a weakling. Here in Malaysia, referring to a man as 'soft' is a way of saying he is gay without spelling it out.

I prefer the term 'ladies' man' to describe a man (ahem - like me) who has a way with the ladies.





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Post by Andrew Patterson » Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:06 pm

The formal term is a philanderer. The Turks have a word "Merganda" which is highly derogatory. Even when it was still a current term, "cad" didn't mean quite the same thing - bit old-fashioned now, even archaic.
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Itasan
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philanderer

Post by Itasan » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:28 pm

Thank you very much, everybody.
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tigertiger
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Post by tigertiger » Tue Dec 20, 2005 4:54 am

Also the term philanderer is more likely to be used for a more mature (age) man, rather than a younger man (boy).

Other terms might include
'a bit of a lad' (although this relates to all forms of misbehaviour)
'a skirt chaser'
'fanny chaser' (offensive use fo English)
'hound dog / a hound'
'a bit smooth/ a bit of a smoothie'

There are hundreds and although many use offensive English, they would be taken by most males as a sideways complement.
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Itasan
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girl hunting

Post by Itasan » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:21 am

Thank you, tiger tiger.
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Post by emile » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:16 am

girl-hunting:


http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp ... v=168XGqk0

:shock: :oops:
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