GERMAN: Vom anderen Ufer... ‡
‡ ) Lit., “From the other shore...” =
i.e., “[He’s] gay....” / “[He’s] queer.” / “[She’s] gay....” / “[She’s] queer.” NOTE: Not
necessarilly an insult, as often
as not just a statement of fact,
& nowhere as loaded as the American “Playing for the other team”... [Exact Ital. equiv.,
“Essera del’alta spondabanchina...” = “From the opposite quay...”
/ “From the opposite
riverbank...”
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