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10 Language-to-English DictionariesChat-up line
/ˈtʃæt.ʌp ˌlaɪn/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A familiar remark or rehearsed phrase intended to start a conversation with a stranger in order to initiate romantic or sexual interest.
"He walked across the crowded bar and delivered a terribly cheesy chat-up line."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the British phrasal verb 'chat up' (to talk to someone with romantic or sexual intent, emerging in the mid-20th century) combined with 'line' in the theatrical sense of a rehearsed remark or script. It became widely popularized in British English slang during the 1970s and 1980s to describe stereotypical opening remarks used in dating contexts.
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phrase de drague
Transliteration: frâz də drag
"Il a utilisé une vieille phrase de drague pour l'aborder."
Anmachspruch
Transliteration: an-makh-shproofh
"Er hat einen sehr schlechten Anmachspruch versucht."
battuta di caccia
Transliteration: bat-tuta di cat-cha
"Ha provato una battuta di caccia imbarazzante."
piropo
Transliteration: pi-ro-po
"Le dijo un piropo gracioso para llamar su atención."
cantada
Transliteration: kan-ta-da
"Aquela cantada foi a pior que já ouvi."
फ्लर्टिंग लाइन
Transliteration: flirting line
"उसने मुझसे बात करने के लिए एक घटिया फ्लर्टिंग लाइन इस्तेमाल की।"
搭讪台词
Transliteration: dāshàn táicí
"他用了一句很老土的搭讪台词。"
작업 멘트
Transliteration: jageop menteu
"그는 나에게 뻔한 작업 멘트를 던졌다."
ナンパのセリフ
Transliteration: nanpa no serifu
"彼は古くさいナンパのセリフを使った。"
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