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meeboffen

English translation: be lucky with (something)

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Dutch term or phrase:boffen met (mee) iets
English translation:be lucky with (something)
Entered by: yieto

21:44 Jul 29, 2008
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Dutch term or phrase: meeboffen
Here is some more streetwise teenager talk that I can't quite decipher. I'd appreciate a translation into "Dutch" if not into English. :-)

I'll post this question four times because I need three terms: "foekie-loekie," "larix," "meeboffen," and "pizzi":

Faffie! Dat is de enige reden dat iedereen je trekt - je ziet er foekie-loekie uit, maar met je geheugen ben je best larix, en daar bof je mee, want je bent echt pizzi!

The context is two teenage girls sitting on a bed talking about their social status at school. Just the one girl speaks with this hip/street language. Thanks in advance.
yieto
be lucky with
Explanation:
Actually, the verb is 'boffen met (iets)' which quite simply means 'be lucky with something' :-)
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Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 01:59
Grading comment
Thanks so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5be lucky with
Kitty Brussaard


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
boffen met
be lucky with


Explanation:
Actually, the verb is 'boffen met (iets)' which quite simply means 'be lucky with something' :-)

Example sentence(s):
  • .... and you're lucky with that cause you're really ...
Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 01:59
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lianne van de Ven: I see: je boft met, en daar bof je mee... Dutch must be hard...//Are "stiekum" en "steek hem" related?
1 hr
  -> I guess so :-)
agree  Tineke Van Beukering
1 hr
  -> Bedankt Tineke!
agree  writeaway: Dutch is probably very hard if it's not one of your working languages. Otherwise it's a makkie ;-) /lucky 'us' -ie also those who translate from it into our own languages.
2 hrs
  -> Lucky me :-)
agree  Maria Ramon
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Maria!
agree  L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen: YES. Even writeaway is right. (Stikkem opmerking...)
8 hrs
  -> Bedankt!
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