snowflake

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00:54 Jul 27, 2020
English to Catalan translations [PRO]
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Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Slang, Journalism
English term or phrase: snowflake
Definition from Cambridge Dictionary:
an insulting way of referring to someone who is considered by some people to be too easily upset and offended

Example sentence(s):
  • Meanwhile, other ways Generation Snowflake is leaving its mark on the world is by introducing "trigger warnings" and "no platforming" speakers whose opinions they may not agree with. The Sun
  • As a liberal, progressive feminist born, raised, and currently living in the South, being called a "snowflake" has become a strangely familiar part of my everyday life. Bustle
  • They're just a snowflake. Don't pay attention to them. Snowflakes are narcissists. Easily offended. Snowflakes can't take the heat. Medium
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5 +1Tenir la pell fina
Miquel Gomez Besos


  

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Tenir la pell fina


Definition from Rodamots:
Una persona que té la pell fina és algú que s'ofèn molt fàcilment, que és molt susceptible.

Example sentence(s):
  • Li ho has de dir ben discretament, amb miraments, perquè té la pell fina i de seguida s’ofèn. - Rodamots  
Miquel Gomez Besos
Indonesia
Local time: 09:08
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish

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