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    To me, asking for a translation is posting something in one language and asking to have it rewritten in another. Here the poster is asking users to search their lexicons for any words that may refer to the item described - not quite the same thing. I, for one, found the answers provided extremely interesting as a Russian learner.
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  • 2




    To me, asking for a translation is posting something in one language and asking to have it rewritten in another. Here the poster is asking users to search their lexicons for any words that may refer to the item described - not quite the same thing. I, for one, found the answers provided extremely interesting as a Russian learner.
    – CocoPop
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To me, asking for a translation is posting something in one language and asking to have it rewritten in another. Here the poster is asking users to search their lexicons for any words that may refer to the item described - not quite the same thing. I, for one, found the answers provided extremely interesting as a Russian learner.
– CocoPop
yesterday






To me, asking for a translation is posting something in one language and asking to have it rewritten in another. Here the poster is asking users to search their lexicons for any words that may refer to the item described - not quite the same thing. I, for one, found the answers provided extremely interesting as a Russian learner.
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кутАфья - an awkwardly dressed woman (personally have never heard it or used myself, seems outdated)



гусЫня- original meaning is a female geese (not very frequent and pretty offensive)



растЯпа - this is a unisex term for a clumsy person who often drops or misses things



растЫка - another unisex term, same as растяпа (pretty recent in general use, although i myself have never used it or heard much, seems borrowed from regional vernacular)



копУха - unisex, a sluggish person, whom everything takes lots of time to accomplish (from копаться)



недотёпа - unisex, a person who fails at practical tasks (its Ukrainian cognate дотЭпный means clever, witty so due to the negating prefix недо- which means "short of" it has a second meaning dimwit mentioned in the Wiktionary, and its root might be related to the root of рас-тяпа)






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  • honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
    – shabunc♦
    2 days ago






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    it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
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  • as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
    – shabunc♦
    2 days ago






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    ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago








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    i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago




















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Курица :)



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  • Какая же ты курица!






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    Кулёма - это обычно неумелая, неловкая, неуклюжая женщина или девочка, позже стало употребляться и по отношению к мужчине, чтобы подчеркнуть отсутствие мужских навыков и характера.http://fb.ru/article/330487/chto-znachit-kulema-znachenie-slova






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    • I have never heard this word before. Have you?
      – Arhad
      2 days ago










    • down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






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      Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
      – Sergey Slepov
      2 days ago






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      my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago


















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    кутАфья - an awkwardly dressed woman (personally have never heard it or used myself, seems outdated)



    гусЫня- original meaning is a female geese (not very frequent and pretty offensive)



    растЯпа - this is a unisex term for a clumsy person who often drops or misses things



    растЫка - another unisex term, same as растяпа (pretty recent in general use, although i myself have never used it or heard much, seems borrowed from regional vernacular)



    копУха - unisex, a sluggish person, whom everything takes lots of time to accomplish (from копаться)



    недотёпа - unisex, a person who fails at practical tasks (its Ukrainian cognate дотЭпный means clever, witty so due to the negating prefix недо- which means "short of" it has a second meaning dimwit mentioned in the Wiktionary, and its root might be related to the root of рас-тяпа)






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    • honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






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      it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago












    • as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago








    • 1




      i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago

















    up vote
    3
    down vote



    accepted










    кутАфья - an awkwardly dressed woman (personally have never heard it or used myself, seems outdated)



    гусЫня- original meaning is a female geese (not very frequent and pretty offensive)



    растЯпа - this is a unisex term for a clumsy person who often drops or misses things



    растЫка - another unisex term, same as растяпа (pretty recent in general use, although i myself have never used it or heard much, seems borrowed from regional vernacular)



    копУха - unisex, a sluggish person, whom everything takes lots of time to accomplish (from копаться)



    недотёпа - unisex, a person who fails at practical tasks (its Ukrainian cognate дотЭпный means clever, witty so due to the negating prefix недо- which means "short of" it has a second meaning dimwit mentioned in the Wiktionary, and its root might be related to the root of рас-тяпа)






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    • honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago












    • as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago








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      i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago















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    up vote
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    accepted






    кутАфья - an awkwardly dressed woman (personally have never heard it or used myself, seems outdated)



    гусЫня- original meaning is a female geese (not very frequent and pretty offensive)



    растЯпа - this is a unisex term for a clumsy person who often drops or misses things



    растЫка - another unisex term, same as растяпа (pretty recent in general use, although i myself have never used it or heard much, seems borrowed from regional vernacular)



    копУха - unisex, a sluggish person, whom everything takes lots of time to accomplish (from копаться)



    недотёпа - unisex, a person who fails at practical tasks (its Ukrainian cognate дотЭпный means clever, witty so due to the negating prefix недо- which means "short of" it has a second meaning dimwit mentioned in the Wiktionary, and its root might be related to the root of рас-тяпа)






    share|improve this answer














    кутАфья - an awkwardly dressed woman (personally have never heard it or used myself, seems outdated)



    гусЫня- original meaning is a female geese (not very frequent and pretty offensive)



    растЯпа - this is a unisex term for a clumsy person who often drops or misses things



    растЫка - another unisex term, same as растяпа (pretty recent in general use, although i myself have never used it or heard much, seems borrowed from regional vernacular)



    копУха - unisex, a sluggish person, whom everything takes lots of time to accomplish (from копаться)



    недотёпа - unisex, a person who fails at practical tasks (its Ukrainian cognate дотЭпный means clever, witty so due to the negating prefix недо- which means "short of" it has a second meaning dimwit mentioned in the Wiktionary, and its root might be related to the root of рас-тяпа)







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    • honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago












    • as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago








    • 1




      i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago




















    • honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago












    • as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
      – shabunc♦
      2 days ago






    • 2




      ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago








    • 1




      i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
      – Баян Купи-ка
      2 days ago


















    honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
    – shabunc♦
    2 days ago




    honestly, none of this is immediately recognizable as a word for clumsy lady. those are exactly those kind of words Slavic professors from western universities are putting into their dictionaries. down-voting this.
    – shabunc♦
    2 days ago




    2




    2




    it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago






    it seems you need to chill as your overreaction makes you overstep your duties as a moderator which i start to think is not befitting yourself
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago














    as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
    – shabunc♦
    2 days ago




    as a member of community I have right to down-vote and it's actually very welcome to explain yourself whenever you down-voting. all further discussion on whether I should or shouldn't step off as a moderator can be addressed somewhere else but definitely this post is not the place.
    – shabunc♦
    2 days ago




    2




    2




    ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago






    ok, i will send a letter to the Kremlin... downvoting my responses is totally OK, but you've downvoted two in one topic + locked the latter, that's too much activity which betrays some kind of frenzy... and that растяпа is not immediately recognizable, you must be kidding
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago






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    i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago






    i made no secret that they were by supplying them with comments... which is more nuanced than your sweeping generalization with the word 'none'... the OP asked for words in general, not modern or current words, so your problem with the answers is concocted and imaginary
    – Баян Купи-ка
    2 days ago












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    Курица :)



    Often used like this:




    • Какая же ты курица!






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      Курица :)



      Often used like this:




      • Какая же ты курица!






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        up vote
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        Курица :)



        Often used like this:




        • Какая же ты курица!






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        Курица :)



        Often used like this:




        • Какая же ты курица!







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            Кулёма - это обычно неумелая, неловкая, неуклюжая женщина или девочка, позже стало употребляться и по отношению к мужчине, чтобы подчеркнуть отсутствие мужских навыков и характера.http://fb.ru/article/330487/chto-znachit-kulema-znachenie-slova






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            • I have never heard this word before. Have you?
              – Arhad
              2 days ago










            • down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
              – shabunc♦
              2 days ago






            • 3




              Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
              – Sergey Slepov
              2 days ago






            • 1




              my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
              – Баян Купи-ка
              2 days ago















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            Кулёма - это обычно неумелая, неловкая, неуклюжая женщина или девочка, позже стало употребляться и по отношению к мужчине, чтобы подчеркнуть отсутствие мужских навыков и характера.http://fb.ru/article/330487/chto-znachit-kulema-znachenie-slova






            share|improve this answer























            • I have never heard this word before. Have you?
              – Arhad
              2 days ago










            • down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
              – shabunc♦
              2 days ago






            • 3




              Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
              – Sergey Slepov
              2 days ago






            • 1




              my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
              – Баян Купи-ка
              2 days ago













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            Кулёма - это обычно неумелая, неловкая, неуклюжая женщина или девочка, позже стало употребляться и по отношению к мужчине, чтобы подчеркнуть отсутствие мужских навыков и характера.http://fb.ru/article/330487/chto-znachit-kulema-znachenie-slova






            share|improve this answer














            Кулёма - это обычно неумелая, неловкая, неуклюжая женщина или девочка, позже стало употребляться и по отношению к мужчине, чтобы подчеркнуть отсутствие мужских навыков и характера.http://fb.ru/article/330487/chto-znachit-kulema-znachenie-slova







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            • I have never heard this word before. Have you?
              – Arhad
              2 days ago










            • down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
              – shabunc♦
              2 days ago






            • 3




              Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
              – Sergey Slepov
              2 days ago






            • 1




              my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
              – Баян Купи-ка
              2 days ago


















            • I have never heard this word before. Have you?
              – Arhad
              2 days ago










            • down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
              – shabunc♦
              2 days ago






            • 3




              Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
              – Sergey Slepov
              2 days ago






            • 1




              my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
              – Баян Купи-ка
              2 days ago
















            I have never heard this word before. Have you?
            – Arhad
            2 days ago




            I have never heard this word before. Have you?
            – Arhad
            2 days ago












            down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
            – shabunc♦
            2 days ago




            down-voting this as well. Come on people, unless it asked explicitly we should try to teach modern Russian which is de-facto used. Virtually no one uses this words nowadays (if it ever was widely recognized).
            – shabunc♦
            2 days ago




            3




            3




            Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
            – Sergey Slepov
            2 days ago




            Yes, my grandma used to call my dad "Коля-кулёма" :)
            – Sergey Slepov
            2 days ago




            1




            1




            my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
            – Баян Купи-ка
            2 days ago




            my grandma did as well, regionally and locally i believe it still might be in use
            – Баян Купи-ка
            2 days ago



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            Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ellipse. L'ellipse est le lieu des points dont la somme des distances à deux points fixes, dits foyers, est constante. Section du cône ou projection du cercle. En géométrie, une ellipse est une courbe plane fermée obtenue par l’intersection d’un cône de révolution avec un plan, à condition que celui-ci coupe l'axe de rotation du cône ou du cylindre : c'est une conique d'excentricité strictement comprise entre 0 et 1. On peut également la définir comme le lieu des points dont la somme des distances à deux points fixes, dits foyers, est constante (sa construction par la méthode du jardinier est très simple). Dans la vie courante, l’ellipse est la forme qu'on perçoit en regardant un cercle en perspective, ou la figure formée par l’ombre d'un disque sur une surface plane. On retrouve aussi, en première approximation [ 1 ] , des ellipses dans les trajectoires des corps célestes (planètes, comètes ou satellites arti...
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            Quarter-circle Tiles

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            up vote 0 down vote favorite I have $99$ identical square tiles, each with a quarter-circle drawn on it like this: [asy] size(1.5cm); draw(Arc((2,0),1,90,180),red+1); draw((0,0)--(2,0)--(2,2)--(0,2)--(0,0)); [/asy] When I arrange the tiles in a $9times 11$ rectangular grid, each with a random orientation, what is the expected value of the number of full circles I form? I think this problem has to do with finding the chance any given 2x2 square has a circle, but I can't find it. expected-value share | cite | improve this question asked Nov 20 at 15:03 6minecraftninja 1 2 ...
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            Mont Emei

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            Mont Emei.mw-parser-output .entete.map{background-image:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Picto_infobox_map.png")} Vue du sommet Wanfo du mont Emei Géographie Altitude 3 099  m , Wanfo Coordonnées 29° 31′ 11″ nord, 103° 19′ 57″ est Administration Pays   Chine Province Sichuan Ville-préfecture Leshan Géolocalisation sur la carte : Sichuan Mont Emei Géolocalisation sur la carte : Chine Mont Emei modifier   Paysage panoramique du mont Emei, incluant le paysage panoramique du grand Bouddha de Leshan *   Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO Passerelle en bois sur le versant ouest Pays   Chine Subdivision Sichuan Type Mixte Critères (iv) (vi) (x) Superficie 15 400 ha Numéro d’identification 779 Zone géographique Asie et Pacifique  ** Année d’inscription 1996 (20 e session) * Descriptif officiel UNESCO ** Classification géog...
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