Off topic: Translation of "Forceur" from FR to EN Thread poster: Dr Sarai Pahla, MBChB
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Hi everyone!
While chatting to some Ingress friends (www.ingress.com), someone called someone else a "forceur" as a joke, and we're trying to figure out the appropriate term in English.
The description is someone who is very eager to get something, to the point of being overbearing.
Is there a single term (preferably slang, however regional) to describe this?
[Edited at 2017-09-15 09:22 ... See more Hi everyone!
While chatting to some Ingress friends (www.ingress.com), someone called someone else a "forceur" as a joke, and we're trying to figure out the appropriate term in English.
The description is someone who is very eager to get something, to the point of being overbearing.
Is there a single term (preferably slang, however regional) to describe this?
[Edited at 2017-09-15 09:22 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | sam@fr-uk
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:40
French to English
Sarai Pahla (MD) MBChB wrote:
The description is someone who is very eager to get something, to the point of being overbearing.
Is there a single (preferably slang, however regional) to describe this?
The first word that springs to my mind is the adjective "pushy", as in "he's so pushy", "pushy parents".
| | | | | Was it supposed to be French? | Sep 15, 2017 |
Never ever heard that word!
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sam@fr-uk wrote:
The first word that springs to my mind is the adjective "pushy", as in "he's so pushy", "pushy parents".
Same! Haven't come up with anything better.
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| Yes, it was! | Sep 15, 2017 |
Christophe Delaunay wrote:
Never ever heard that word!
This is probably slang as well - I'm not sure!
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Local time: 23:40
Russian to English
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| Eager beaver, perhaps? | Sep 15, 2017 |
That would be a common enough US label for someone who seems overly enthusiastic about something.
| | | | | Eager beaver | Sep 15, 2017 |
I don't think "eager beaver" suggests the element of bossiness of the word "forceur", whereas "pushy" does. An eager beaver is someone who is madly keen but not necessarily bossy or pushy.
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