Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
che botta (riferito a sniffare cocaina)
English translation:
what a bump
Added to glossary by
Maria Vita Licata
Jun 5, 2009 13:30
15 yrs ago
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Native in: English 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, English
botta
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Someone who has been sniffing cocaine, narrowly avoided an accident and sniffed some more cocaine says this:
E’ una botta pazzesca. Cazzo. E’ la cosa più pazzesca che abbia mai provato.
I think he's referring to the cocaine "high" or "kick" but I don't know how I can say this. It needs to be failrly slang-y too. Thanks!
E’ una botta pazzesca. Cazzo. E’ la cosa più pazzesca che abbia mai provato.
I think he's referring to the cocaine "high" or "kick" but I don't know how I can say this. It needs to be failrly slang-y too. Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | (what a fucking) bump |
Maria Vita Licata
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| 4 +4 | rush |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 5 +1 | kick |
Mirra_
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| 4 | hit |
Ivana UK
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| 4 | buzz |
forli
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Change log
Jun 7, 2009 17:15: Maria Vita Licata Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Maria Vita Licata
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Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
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(what a fucking) bump
In Pulp fiction, indeed, uma thurman said "goddamn" and i was translated as "che botta". Anyway "bump" conveys the idea and is connected with taking cocaine.
To SNIFF any kind of drug. You can bump anything from medicine to Coke, K to Keef, Oxy to E. It applies to all pills, and all alphabet drugs.
'To Bump' something is to snort a drug. Usually Ketamine but can be speed or coke.
To have 'A Bump' is to snort a small, conveniant amount of the above substances. Usually on the corner of a credit card or a small line snorted from your hand or otherwise.
At home: "Let's 'bump' a some fat line's of K and get into a K-Hole."
At a Club: "Here, have 'a bump' offa this bankcard."
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I remember a John Lennon song: Cold Turkey, and turkey was exactely the "trip" by drugs.
To SNIFF any kind of drug. You can bump anything from medicine to Coke, K to Keef, Oxy to E. It applies to all pills, and all alphabet drugs.
'To Bump' something is to snort a drug. Usually Ketamine but can be speed or coke.
To have 'A Bump' is to snort a small, conveniant amount of the above substances. Usually on the corner of a credit card or a small line snorted from your hand or otherwise.
At home: "Let's 'bump' a some fat line's of K and get into a K-Hole."
At a Club: "Here, have 'a bump' offa this bankcard."
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I remember a John Lennon song: Cold Turkey, and turkey was exactely the "trip" by drugs.
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Comment: "Grazie a tutti, as always you're there when I need you. I chose this because it fitted the context best. "
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hit
try 'hit':
A few users inject cocaine to get a faster and more intense hit but that's very dangerous
http://dreaminsidetherapy.blogspot.com/2008/08/cocaine-brief...
Information on Cocaine - Facts, signs, symptoms and statistics. ... The intense high from a cocaine hit can be within seconds and the crash' or ...
www.drug-aware.com/.../3/cocaine-information-facts-signs-an...
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Though you could probably use 'high' too.
A few users inject cocaine to get a faster and more intense hit but that's very dangerous
http://dreaminsidetherapy.blogspot.com/2008/08/cocaine-brief...
Information on Cocaine - Facts, signs, symptoms and statistics. ... The intense high from a cocaine hit can be within seconds and the crash' or ...
www.drug-aware.com/.../3/cocaine-information-facts-signs-an...
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Though you could probably use 'high' too.
Peer comment(s):
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Mirra_
: this is more "medical" than slang :) and it generally deals with the peak effect that it is not necessarily the 'botta'
46 mins
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'hit' meaning 'score' could be seen as an accepted, official term for the Italian 'dose' but 'to get a hit' is everyday slang (take it from a native EN speaker)
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+4
9 mins
Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Italian to English, English
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rush
Peer comment(s):
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Ivana UK
: yep, was just going to change my answer to this
1 min
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| agree |
texjax DDS PhD
: yes, rush or flash http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/81934.html
1 min
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| agree |
Kevin Pendergast
14 mins
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| neutral |
Mirra_
: this (mainly from a "medical" point of view, see the web)describes how it acts, the fast spreading effect, not the 'botta'
43 mins
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'rush' refers to the subjective sensation, and is commonly used colloquially without medical jargon connotations
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| agree |
Kate Chaffer
21 hrs
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57 mins
buzz
also quite common.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
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Mirra_
: more used for the 'booze' (the source term ;) confusing high effect due to alchol
18 mins
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| neutral |
Oliver Lawrence
: I would say buzz is less used in relation to alcohol than to drugs; I don't think 'buzz' is quite powerful enough in this context anyway
21 mins
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48 mins
kick
it's kick, as you said :)
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&safe=off&num=30&q="what a ...
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&safe=off&num=30&q=erowid k...
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also...
On a cocaine kick in 1996, she missed so many dates of their traveling production of Ain't Misbehavin' that the tour was cut short.
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131972,00....
"When did the alcohol and the cocaine kick in so big? Jeff's answer to his question.
http://binside.typepad.com/binside_tv/reality_television/
the other alkaloids in the leaves prevent the "cocaine kick", you won't get that from coca tea.
http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-43710.h...
The cocaine kick only lasts a short time for Hans B.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/portada/The_vicious_circle_of_dr...
He's drop dead gorgeous with a cocaine kick. He's a sharp dresser made in heaven (That's his style) He's a sticky salamander with a Hollywood smile
http://lyrics.buanzo.com.ar/index.php?ident=178070
Her costume was complete with a cocaine kick coming from her nose.
http://blog.xiie.net/2008/10/
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kick n (effect: alcohol, caffeine) slang botta, spinta nf
effetto nm
That brandy has quite a kick.
Quel liquore ha proprio una bella botta.
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/kick
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&safe=off&num=30&q="what a ...
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&safe=off&num=30&q=erowid k...
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also...
On a cocaine kick in 1996, she missed so many dates of their traveling production of Ain't Misbehavin' that the tour was cut short.
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20131972,00....
"When did the alcohol and the cocaine kick in so big? Jeff's answer to his question.
http://binside.typepad.com/binside_tv/reality_television/
the other alkaloids in the leaves prevent the "cocaine kick", you won't get that from coca tea.
http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-43710.h...
The cocaine kick only lasts a short time for Hans B.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/portada/The_vicious_circle_of_dr...
He's drop dead gorgeous with a cocaine kick. He's a sharp dresser made in heaven (That's his style) He's a sticky salamander with a Hollywood smile
http://lyrics.buanzo.com.ar/index.php?ident=178070
Her costume was complete with a cocaine kick coming from her nose.
http://blog.xiie.net/2008/10/
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kick n (effect: alcohol, caffeine) slang botta, spinta nf
effetto nm
That brandy has quite a kick.
Quel liquore ha proprio una bella botta.
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/kick
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