Sunday, June 11, 2006

phlegm [prounced as: flem], plegmatic [pronounced as flegmatic], phlegmatical

  • Meaning: calmness, apathy, lack of emtion, composure
    • NOTE: the noun originally means 痰 / 鼻涕
  • In Hong Kong slang: 無眼睇, 話之佢, 無咁好氣
  • In decent Chinese: 冷靜, 冷漠, 無動於衷, 處之泰然
  • Where we first met: The Observer on England's poor victory over Paraguay in the World Cup - after the first half English people remembered 'with varying degrees of phlegmatic acceptance, three little words. Might. Not. Win.'

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