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Dr Sarai Pahla, MBChB Germany Local time: 19:35 Member (2012) Japanese to English + ...
Sep 15, 2017
Hi everyone! While chatting to some Ingress friends (www.ingress.com), someone called someone else a "forceur" as a joke, and we're trying to figure out the appropriate term in English. The description is someone who is very eager to get something, to the point of being overbearing. Is there a single term (preferably slang, however regional) to describe this?
Hi everyone! While chatting to some Ingress friends (www.ingress.com), someone called someone else a "forceur" as a joke, and we're trying to figure out the appropriate term in English. The description is someone who is very eager to get something, to the point of being overbearing. Is there a single term (preferably slang, however regional) to describe this?
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sam@fr-uk United Kingdom Local time: 18:35 French to English
pushy?
Sep 15, 2017
Sarai Pahla (MD) MBChB wrote:
The description is someone who is very eager to get something, to the point of being overbearing. Is there a single (preferably slang, however regional) to describe this?
The first word that springs to my mind is the adjective "pushy", as in "he's so pushy", "pushy parents".
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I don't think "eager beaver" suggests the element of bossiness of the word "forceur", whereas "pushy" does. An eager beaver is someone who is madly keen but not necessarily bossy or pushy.
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