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navel lint

English translation: fluff in the navel

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English term or phrase:navel lint
Selected answer:fluff in the navel
Entered by: claudia16 (X)

01:54 Jun 27, 2003
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: navel lint
This is from "Rules that guys wish girls knew ".

Do not ask us what we are thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation and stuff like that.

And how about "shotgun formation"? I guess it refers to a offence formation in American football. Am I right?

I asked this question in English to Japanese term question section, but I got explanation that "navel lint" is a short pieces of threads in a navel.

Why would men typically think about short pieces of thread in your navel? I want a clear explanation.
Satoshi Yamada (X)
Local time: 10:58
fluff in the navel
Explanation:
it probably referrs to the fluff that gathers in the navel if you don't wash it every day. Why would men want to talk about that? is beyond me, ask a man
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claudia16 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:58
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Thank you.
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3 +3fluff in the navel
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fluff in the navel


Explanation:
it probably referrs to the fluff that gathers in the navel if you don't wash it every day. Why would men want to talk about that? is beyond me, ask a man

claudia16 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kaori Myatt: Yes, men are all like that.
26 mins
  -> LOL
agree  Edith Kelly: especially the hairy specimens with lots of curls on their chests, not talking about monkeys
3 hrs
agree  Lisa Frideborg Eddy (X): :)
10 hrs
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