Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

blaguen

English translation:

the blague

Added to glossary by David Shannon
May 2, 2005 09:23
19 yrs ago
Swedish term

blaguen

Swedish to English Social Sciences Journalism
Comes from an article on press coverage during the 1930s.
The whole quote reads: Sysslolösa och lättjefulla kretsar inom överklassen kännetecknades av en för tidig frihet som resulterade i ”blaguen, den moraliska estetiskt färgade nihilismen, anspråket på prerogativ på tillvarons njutningar/…/”.
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the blague

this is a vulgar French word for "lying", "boasting", "bragging" etc. - you get the picture.
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