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Hello. I am interested in and am doing research on Icelandic youth, street and college slang. What are Icelandic slangs for "Tough guy" besides:

hadding
magnus
nagli

Please let me know. Very Happy

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Hello. I was told that

Nagli or harður nagli

are the most common slangs for "Tough guy". Does anyone know any others?

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Hello. I'd like to know:

are "harður maður," "harður karl" considered slang expressions for "tough guy"?

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Hello. Does anyone here know any Icelandic slang?

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I'd like to know:

What are other Icelandic slang terms for:

tough guy

and what are Icelandic slangs for:

tough female
tomboy
punk
gangster
guy prone to fighting
female prone to fighting
delinquent girl
delinquent boy
strong guy
strong female

Please let me know and please list as many slangs for each term as possible. Thank you. Very Happy

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Hi, JGoldman!

This is what a very good friend of mine could tell me about your questions:

tough guy - harður maður
tough female - Hörð kona
tomboy- Strákastelpa
punk- Pönk
gangster- "gangster", bófi, glæpon
guy prone to fighting- Ofbeldisfullur maður
Female prone to fighting- ofbeldisfull kona
delinquent girl- ólöghlýðin stelpa, sek
delinquent boy- ólöghlýðinn Strákur, sekur
strong guy- Sterkur maður, massatröll, vöðvabúnt,
strong female- Sterk kona, massatröll, vöðvabúnt,

Hope that helps!

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Francis wrote:

Hi, JGoldman!

This is what a very good friend of mine could tell me about your questions:

tough guy - harður maður
tough female - Hörð kona
tomboy- Strákastelpa
punk- Pönk
gangster- "gangster", bófi, glæpon
guy prone to fighting- Ofbeldisfullur maður
Female prone to fighting- ofbeldisfull kona
delinquent girl- ólöghlýðin stelpa, sek
delinquent boy- ólöghlýðinn Strákur, sekur
strong guy- Sterkur maður, massatröll, vöðvabúnt,
strong female- Sterk kona, massatröll, vöðvabúnt,

Hope that helps!

Thank you Francis. Would you mind asking your friend a few more questions?

I'd like to know:

What are Icelandic slangs for:

tough girl
strong girl
brat?

Are there shorter ways to say "Ofbeldisfullur maður", and "ólöghlýðinn Strákur", and "ólöghlýðin stelpa", and "ólöghlýðinn Strákur"?

Please let me know. Thank you. Very Happy

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JGoldman10 wrote:

What are Icelandic slangs for:

tough girl - Hörð stelpa
strong girl - Harður strákur
brat - Spillt barn

Are there shorter ways to say "Ofbeldisfullur maður", and "ólöghlýðinn Strákur", and "ólöghlýðin stelpa", and "ólöghlýðinn Strákur"?

No sorry.

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Reply to Francis
Hello Francis-thank you for helping me out with my translations.

Can you please ask your friends a few more questions for me?

Are there any other slang terms for

tough guy
tomboy
tough girl

I can use, besides
Hörð stelpa (tough girl), Strákastelpa (tomboy) and harður maður (tough guy)? Please let me know. Thank you. Very Happy

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Francis wrote:

JGoldman10 wrote:
What are Icelandic slangs for:

tough girl - Hörð stelpa
strong girl - Harður strákur
brat - Spillt barn

Are there shorter ways to say "Ofbeldisfullur maður", and "ólöghlýðinn Strákur", and "ólöghlýðin stelpa", and "ólöghlýðinn Strákur"?

No sorry.

Hi Francis-are you here?

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Hi, JGoldman!

Can not answer for the moment, my friends are on vacation in Iceland.

They will be back by the end of next week.

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Hello Francis
Hello Francis-are you there?

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Hi, JGoldman!

I'll maybe see my friends tomorrow then I will let you know..

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Francis wrote:

Hi, JGoldman!

I'll maybe see my friends tomorrow then I will let you know..

Hello Francis-how are you?

Have your friends come back yet?

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Well, yes. But I just saw them very briefly as they left again for Iceland for the whole month of August...

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Reply to Francis
Hello-can I still ask more language questions?

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Francis wrote:

Well, yes. But I just saw them very briefly as they left again for Iceland for the whole month of August...[/quote

Hello Francis-do any other members here speak Icelandic?

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Francis wrote:

Well, yes. But I just saw them very briefly as they left again for Iceland for the whole month of August...

Hello Francis. I'd like to know:

How do you say, hard nut/tough nut (to crack) in Icelandic?
"A tough and difficult person/place or thing"?

I'd like to know, what is a shorter way to say,

"stifur á meiningunni"(slang)?

What are Icelnandic slangs for:

cool guy besides, toeffar(i)?
cool girl besides "pæja"?

Are there any slang terms I can use for "vixen" and "brat" and "lively, spirited female"?

Are there any slangs for a girl that's a "rascal" or a "rogue"?

Can "hörku kona" or "hörku kvendi"
"Hörð stelpa", "Hörð stulka" and "Hörð tata" be used like slang, and can I use an expression like, "Hörku Beygla", or "Hörð Beygla"? Beygla I know is an Icelandic slang for a woman/girl.

Are there any other slangs I can use for "tough female" besides "hörkukerling "?

Please let me know. Thank you. Very Happy

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what's jam? i've heard that it's the latest slang?

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