Sep 14, 2012 08:16
11 yrs ago
English term

befifle

English to German Other Slang from a movie
A girl uses this for her best friend - "She's my befifle."
Proposed translations (German)
3 +6 BFFL = Best Friend For Life

Discussion

Bernd Albrecht Sep 14, 2012:
Best Friend in Full Live Ever Wenn schon Akronym, dann fehlt da zumindest noch ein E (wie eternity vielleicht?)
DERDOKTOR Sep 14, 2012:
'befifle' finde ich nur in wenigen Dokumenten, meist alte Sprachen, könnte daher vom Rechtsenglischen kommen, es gibt lateinische Texte mit dem Wort, es wird etwas sein, wie 'Busenfreundin '.
Ruth Wöhlk Sep 14, 2012:

Proposed translations

+6
21 mins
Selected

BFFL = Best Friend For Life

Pronounced: Biffle

I suspect an error in your transcript.
Peer comment(s):

agree Katja Schoone
18 mins
Thanks, Katja!
agree Usch Pilz
1 hr
Danke, Usch!
agree Ruth Wöhlk : eso!
1 hr
Waah! Was heißt "eso"? Jetzt fühl ich mich uralt. :-) Danke, Ruth! :-)
agree Ramey Rieger (X) : oh, the exuberance of youth! (EXOY)
1 hr
Good grief, what is "EXOY"? Glad that I don't have any teenage kids. They might consider me "totally embarrassing". Thanks, Ramey! :-)
agree Horst Huber (X) : Quite. Not necessarily an error. You can "pronounce" anagrams in various ways. Remember "Posselque"? That is now "uralt". -- Right. Acronyms. Thanks.
5 hrs
Good question. It is scary enough that people speak to each other in acronyms. Yikes. Thanks, Horst! :-)
agree Thayenga : Whatever became of our good easy-to-understand languages? Times sure are changing (making me feel "antique") :D
1 day 5 hrs
:-) :-) :-) Thanks, Thayenga!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "LOL :-) Thanks again for the quick help, much appreciated! An error in the transcript is possible - I think the pronunciation was more like biffle, too!"
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