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 Ann123

link 3.02.2006 17:29 
Subject: snoocums
Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.

Слово встречается в следующем контексте:

Заранее спасибо

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 18:09 
Anna, and where is the context?

 Ann123

link 3.02.2006 18:11 
no, It was in the postcard :)
Just
snoocums

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 18:13 
Are you sure the spelling is right?

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 18:13 
Amerish or British?

 Ann123

link 3.02.2006 18:25 
Yes , I am sure about spelling

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 18:33 
Thank God it's not any sort of swearing or obscenity...

 Ann123

link 3.02.2006 18:35 
AAAA !! :)
What this :))

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 18:36 
Yes, I also saw it on the greeting card. What can you say?

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 18:38 
I'll get back to you in a sec...

 Тruth Seeker

link 3.02.2006 19:01 
snookums - sweetheart; a term of endearment
А что за картинка на открытке?

 mahavishnu

link 3.02.2006 19:36 
yes, "snoocums" is derived from "smooch-smooch, smoochy" - звук поцелуя

 Тruth Seeker

link 3.02.2006 19:56 
mahavishnu, откуда такие данные?

snookums
trivial term of endearment, 1919, from Snooks, proper name used in Britain for "a hypothetical person" (1860), cf. Joe Blow in U.S. As an actual proper name, Snooks sates back to the Domesday Book and may be from O.E. *snoc "a projecting point of land" (perhaps here with sense of "a big nose"). http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=snookums

 mahavishnu

link 4.02.2006 1:15 
2 Truth Seeker: Asked a native. Spelled it as "snoocums" and got the above explanation.
http://www.thanksgivingcards.com/display.pd?bfrom=1&prodnum=3043527&path=31974

 mahavishnu

link 4.02.2006 1:27 
I saw the original spelling of "snookums" @google.com, but ann123's query was slightly different. Wasn't able to find "snoocums" @ www.etymonline.com Had to ask around. They also mentioned it was an expression of endearment, so I tried to explain the meaning in my own words. God forbid, I haven't made it up on my own!

 

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