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Nov 19, 2009

Ordinair

vulgar, tacky Iconspeaker_3
[adjective/adverb]
[or-di-nair]

Although Dutch "ordinair" can be used in the same meaning as English "ordinary", it's mainly used in Ordi the meaning of "vulgar" ("vulgair" in Dutch), "tacky", or "uncivilized". Informally, some people use the abbreviation "ordi" for "ordinair".

Examples:
- "Wat een ordinaire jurk, je kunt er recht doorheen kijken!" 
("What a tacky dress, you can see right through it!")

- "Of je dat ordinair vindt of niet, is een kwestie van smaak." 
("If you find that vulgar or not, is a matter of taste.")

- "Hij gebruikt in elke zin minstens drie scheldwoorden; wat een ordinair taalgebruik." 
("He uses at least three swearing words in every sentence; what a vulgar use of language.")

- "Al dat nepgoud maakt het er niet geraffineerder op, het ziet er eerder ordinair uit." 
("All that fake gold doesn't make it more refined, it rather makes it look tacky.")

- "Ze heeft niet zoveel met al dat bling-bling, dat vindt ze ordinair." 
("She doesn't really like all that bling-bling, she thinks it's vulgar.")

Related words:
- Tuig: scum [noun] [het tuig, <no plural>].
- Platvloers: coarse, uncivilized [adjective/adverb].

Example:
- "Die comedian heeft erg platvloerse humor."
("That comedian has very rough humor.")

- Onbeschaafd: uncivilized [adjective/adverb].

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