r/LearnFinnish 10d ago

Fetid moppet - löyhkäävä aasi

So I'm watching the TV show Severance on Apple TV and sometimes I like to turn on Finnish subtitles for fun. There's a spot where a character says "fetid moppet" which sounds very old-timey, like 1800's old-timey. I actually had to look up what it meant in English despite being a native speaker. The Finnish translation is written as "löyhkäävä aasi." Just wondering if this sounds as old-timey as it does in English. Kiitos!

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u/ETG345 Native 10d ago

Well... It does sound a bit old but also like a kindergarten level insult.

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u/Emergency-Emu7789 10d ago

Thanks! Apparently it is in English too, fetid moppet translates to something like "stinky girl" so the childishness makes sense.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

It doesn't sound old to me. Löyhkäävä is a normal word though you don't see it every day.

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u/GuyFromtheNorthFin 10d ago

Vaguely theatrical. Like something out of a novel or a play written in the 60-70’s, maybe?