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promise giver
Thread poster: Ramunas Kontrimas
Ramunas Kontrimas
Ramunas Kontrimas  Identity Verified
Lithuania
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English to Lithuanian
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Feb 8, 2019

Hi, how do you call a person who keeps giving promises and rarely delivers? A child and grown-up -- could be different words? Thanks for any variants.
 
Daniel Frisano
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Italy
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Reneger? Feb 8, 2019

Perhaps a reneger?

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Nuno Rosalino
Nuno Rosalino
United Kingdom
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English to Portuguese
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Oathbreaker Feb 8, 2019

If you're into Tolkien, that is.

[Edited at 2019-02-08 14:37 GMT]
 
Katalin Horváth McClure
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United States
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English to Hungarian
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Monolingual KudoZ Feb 8, 2019

This would be a perfect fit for a monolingual (English-English) KudoZ question.

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