SPANISH: Nini!
/ Ni [estudiando] ni
[trabajando] ! ‡
SPANISH: Perroflauta!
(s.) / Perroflautas! (pl.) ‡‡
‡ ) “Neither [studying] neither [working]!” =
“No fucking way!” ; Etym., Span., used both in Spain & in Mexico
to describe the new lost generation, victimized by yet another global economic
catastrophe ;
unemployment among youth is as high as 75% or 80% in some parts of Spain & Mexico [Courtesy M.S.] ;
‡‡ ) Lit., “Dog-flute!” = panhanding & busking street musicians, always counted on to be playing a
flute, always
accompanied by a dog [&
the dog arguably being the better musician...] [Courtesy M.S.]
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