wazelina

Polish

Etymology

From English vaseline. Colloquial meaning is an allusion to the idiom włazić w dupę (“to offer flattery, to seek favors, literally: to go up someone's ass”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /va.zɛˈlʲi.na/

Noun

wazelina f

  1. vaseline
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) flattery

Declension
declension of wazelina
singular
nominative wazelina
genitive wazeliny
dative wazelinie
accusative wazelinę
instrumental wazeliną
locative wazelinie
vocative wazelino
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