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professional pooper

English translation: a wet blanket

08:52 Jun 17, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / cutscenes that appear in a videogame
English term or phrase: professional pooper
I know that pooper = ass in slang, but I don't think that's the case. ??

Johnny - "Dave! Dave England, it's Knoxville..PICK UP THE PHONE! Hey Darf, pick up the phone we need you! We gotta have a professional pooper with us tomorrow - 6 A.M - Maybe….maybe noon or one..you need a professional pooper..please call us back! Dave! Knoxille! Bye
Marina Capalbo
Local time: 13:00
Selected answer:a wet blanket
Explanation:
depending on the context, I suppose it could be someone who defecates to order but I doubt it.
More likely IMO to be short for a party-pooper:
someone who does the complete opposite to making an event interesting.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-17 10:04:20 GMT)
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though as your game seems to be Jackass...
Just take my solution as an alternative, just in case
Selected response from:

Melzie
Local time: 13:00
Grading comment
thanks a bunch.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4a wet blanket
Melzie
4cagatore professionale
Nicole Johnson


Discussion entries: 1





  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cagatore professionale


Explanation:
Marina,

In this case they are using pooper as the "title" of someone who defecates. I think pooper can also be used to mean behind or ass as you say, but in this case you should use "cagatore" to translate the meaning.

Example sentence(s):
  • . Nome:, Cagatore. Messaggio personale. Messaggio personale:, Cagare è uno dei momenti più importanti nella vita di ogni uomo ...

    Reference: http://cacca-e-derivati.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?_c01_me...
Nicole Johnson
Italy
Local time: 13:00
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: Why are you suggesting a translation into Italian? This is an English monolingual question.
7 hrs
  -> Whoops! Sorry, I know that Marina works in Italian, so I put my answer in Italian, but the explanation in English. I wasn't awake enough when I answered I guess!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a wet blanket


Explanation:
depending on the context, I suppose it could be someone who defecates to order but I doubt it.
More likely IMO to be short for a party-pooper:
someone who does the complete opposite to making an event interesting.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-17 10:04:20 GMT)
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though as your game seems to be Jackass...
Just take my solution as an alternative, just in case

Melzie
Local time: 13:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks a bunch.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Makes sense, but we'd need to know more to be sure.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Kim. I really would like to think that it's my solution, the other, especially for a game, beggers the imagination.
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Elena.
agree  CJG (X): If you are referring to party pooper, but without context.....
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, cjguy. As you say.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
4 days
  -> Thank you, Marju.
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