Gilmore girls
Recently I finished watching the first season of the series (should one write TV series?) "Gilmore girls". For the first moment it seemed to me this is a really funny and kind series with this besotted ambiance of a little artificial town in it, always kind lovely people, but.. It's starting to annoy after a couple of episodes. These witty jokes of Lorelai. Each episode is literally soaked with them. At the beginning it was alright but then it almost crosses the line. Maybe that is not so visible (sensible?) for the native speakers as I had to translate (or just to try to understand, because I don't translate words actually) and just before I managed one joke - another emerges immediately. Many of jokes are filled with unknowable names witch my mind tries to interpret like some new nouns. So when I'm hearing names in such quick colloquial speech it's really hard to understand but I had knew for what I'm going to. And another thing that get me crazy is the town troubadour that makes every sappy (overly sentimental?) scene more sappier.
Starting with the episode 9 I used to grab all new words and learn them. I thought that with every new episode there would be much less and less new words for me.. Such naive ). Within episodes 9 to 21 I've grabbed 261 new words which I going to repeat. I'll write out 20 most hard of them...
coleslaw desensitize crabby shindig primp actuarial frilly doily lumberjack figurine osmosis mushy groggy casserole angst feisty quintessential bohemian classy bigwig
Do you know them or have you heard them once?
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Gilmore girls
Recently I finished watching the first season of the TV series "Gilmore girls". For the first moment it seemed to me this is a really funny and kind series with this besotted ambiance of a little artificial town in it, always kind lovely people, but.. It's starting to annoy after a couple of episodes. These witty jokes of Lorelei. Each episode is literally soaked in them. At the beginning it was alright but then it almost crosses the line. Maybe the jokes are obvious to native speakers but I had to translate (or just to try to understand, because I don't translate words literally) and just before I manage one joke - another emerges immediately.* Many of the jokes are filled with unknown** names which my mind tries to interpret as new nouns. So when I hear names in such quick colloquial speech it's really hard to understand but I had known what I was getting into. And another thing that get me crazy is the town troubadour that makes every schmaltzy*** scene even more schmaltzy.Starting with episode 9 I used to grab all new words and learn them. I thought that with every new episode there would be ever less new words for me.. Such naïvety ). Between episodes 9 to 21 I've grabbed 261 new words which I going to repeat. I'll write out 20 of the hardest ...
coleslaw desensitize crabby shindig primp actuarial frilly doily lumberjack figurine osmosis mushy groggy casserole angst feisty quintessential bohemian classy bigwig
Do you know them or have you heard them once?
*put everything in the past or in the present; mixing them up is confusing: just before I manage one joke - another emerges immediately OR just before I managed one joke - another emerged immediately.
**or, unknown allusions which ...
***or, kitsch
Very well written!
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Vince has great definitions! primp means to make yourself look nice (put on make-up, brush you hair)
Gilmore Girls is one of my favourite shows but it is very hard to understand sometimes!
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Coleslaw - chopped/shredded salad vegetables served in mayonnaise or a vinaigrette.
Desensitize - gradually increase a persons exposure to something which they usually have an adverse reaction to.
Crabby - in a bad mood.
Shindig - party.
primp? No such word that I know of. Possibly prim? pimp?
Acturial - the science of measuring and managing risk.
Frilly - sometimes a decorative edging on women's underwear. (it's probably better if you Google that one!)
Doily - a decorative item,usually round and made of paper. Has many intricate holes and patterns punched in it. Often used to place cakes on.
Lumberjack - a person who works in the forest, cutting down trees and transferring the trees to the processing plants. (lumber = wood)
Figurine - a small decorative statue such as you might have in your sitting room.
Osmosis - probably better if you google that one!
Mushy e.g when a fruit or vegetable has passed beyond the firm, ripe stage and is starting to become soft as it decomposes.
Groggy - as you start to wake up after having been sedated or intoxicated, you are awake but your mind is not thinking sharply.
Casserole - a meal of meat and vegetables cooked together in liquid, usually for a prolonged period.
Angst - a fear or worry about the condition of the world in general.
Feisty - someone who is quick to defend themselves either verbally or physically.
Quintessential - the most perfect example of something.
Bohemian - the fashion and lifestyle of certain (usually) artistic people.
Classy - stylish / upper class.
Bigwig - (informal) a person at or near to the top of an organisation.
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