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chin-rubber

French translation: des gens dubitatifs

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English term or phrase:chin-rubber
French translation:des gens dubitatifs
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

18:04 Dec 11, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: chin-rubber
What does chin-rubber mean?

I don't have much context apart that it's the member of a band who is talking. He says that in the audience, there was teenagers and chin-rubbers

Thank you
EFrench (X)
France
Local time: 08:02
des gens dubitatifs
Explanation:
""As a leading manufacturer of texting devices, we want to remind teens and tweens to ... "With teens across the county sending more than 20000 texts per second, there is no ... this issue would not reach our intended audience," Kavadeles says. ... the everyday action of rubbing one's chin when deep in thought." ..."
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles....


"chin rub

when you think someone or something is stupid, you chin rub.
normally you look at them like they are stupid and rub your chin hinting that what they just said is dumb. but when you cannot see the person or do not feel like rubbing ur chin like you have a beard you say chin rub so people know thay wat they said was amazingly stupid and idiotic."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chin rub
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 08:02
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FX Fraipont (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
des gens dubitatifs


Explanation:
""As a leading manufacturer of texting devices, we want to remind teens and tweens to ... "With teens across the county sending more than 20000 texts per second, there is no ... this issue would not reach our intended audience," Kavadeles says. ... the everyday action of rubbing one's chin when deep in thought." ..."
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles....


"chin rub

when you think someone or something is stupid, you chin rub.
normally you look at them like they are stupid and rub your chin hinting that what they just said is dumb. but when you cannot see the person or do not feel like rubbing ur chin like you have a beard you say chin rub so people know thay wat they said was amazingly stupid and idiotic."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chin rub

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 33

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agree  Danièle Horta: tout à fait d'accord
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