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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOSLYF

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOSLYF

loslyf  [ˈlɔːsˌlɛf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOSLYF

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loslyf is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOSLYF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Loslyf

Loslyf is a South African Afrikaans-language pornographic magazine. The magazine was founded in 1995 by J.T. Publishing, a South African subsidiary of the American Hustler. It was the first Afrikaans-language pornographic publication. Launched only one year after the end of apartheid, the magazine was greatly controversial as it posed a clear opposition to the conservative Afrikaner nationalist morals that influenced the apartheid government’s censorship of media...

Definition of loslyf in the English dictionary

The definition of loslyf in the dictionary is a promiscuous female.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOSLYF


acaleph
ˈækəˌlɛf
acalephe
ˈækəˌlɛf
alef
ˈælɛf
ASLEF
ˈæzlɛf
clef
klɛf
lev
lɛf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOSLYF

lose track of
losel
loser
Losey
losh
losing
losing battle
losing streak
losingly
losings
loss
loss adjuster
loss leader
loss ratio
losses
lossless
lossmaker
lossmaking
lossy
lost

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOSLYF

boyf
skyf

Synonyms and antonyms of loslyf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «loslyf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOSLYF

Find out the translation of loslyf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of loslyf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «loslyf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

loslyf
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

loslyf
570 millions of speakers

English

loslyf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

loslyf
380 millions of speakers
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loslyf
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

loslyf
278 millions of speakers

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loslyf
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

loslyf
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loslyf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loslyf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

loslyf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

loslyf
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

loslyf
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loslyf
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

loslyf
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

loslyf
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉसलीफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

loslyf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

loslyf
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

loslyf
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

loslyf
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

loslyf
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

loslyf
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Loslyf
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

loslyf
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

loslyf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loslyf

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOSLYF»

The term «loslyf» is used very little and occupies the 182.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loslyf

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOSLYF»

Discover the use of loslyf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loslyf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Art and the End of Apartheid
The text reads (in translation): Loslyf (loose body/morals) indigenous flower of the month: Dina. Dina, Loslyf's very first indigenous flower, is a Boer gal in her bones and marrow. “My great-great-granddaddy, Hendrik Potgeiter, was my hero ...
John Peffer, 2009
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Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 48: Autumn 2005: ...
Courtesy of Loslyf. was the sort of man who could inspire people to walk barefoot over the Drakensburg mountains, so that our Boer folk can live in freedom and peace in the Transvaal. If only today we could have a leader of his calibre,” she ...
Francesco Pellizzi, 2005
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History after Apartheid: Visual Culture and Public Memory in ...
77 In this sense Loslyf shares something with its stablemate, particularly in its scatalogical humour and its refusal to buy into the tasteful rewriting of the Trek as a romantic narrative of ecological power sharing among Boer, Ndebele, and Zulu  ...
Annie E. Coombes, 2003
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Hybridity and Its Discontents: Politics, Science, Culture
Flagged on the cover as 'Dina at the Monument', the feature is called 'Dina - Loslyf s indigenous flower of the month' (Figure 8.9). This is no simple transgression being performed here but one which bears some analysis. That the photo-shoot ...
A. Brah, Annie E. Coombes, 2000
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ArtSouthAfrica
The shift possibly indicates a close attuning to fluctuating social conditions. The death throes of apartheid were accompanied by Bitterkomix, Loslyf and looser censorship, all of which were intellectually acceptable because they challenged the ...
‎2008
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Desire Lines: Space, Memory and Identity in the ...
... Loslyf (translated as 'loose body'), featured 'Dina at the Monument' – a woman with breasts exposed who is the great-great-grand-daughter of Hendrik Potgieter (Coombes 2003: 40). Dina is portrayed as a child of the wilderness set amidst ...
Noëleen Murray, Nick Shepherd, Martin Hall, 2007
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The Art of the South African Insult
So we have the Christians to thank for Jacob's ladder to the top. “For me, it's not so much about the photo, but about the disgusting Satanist style of writing.” Amor Vittone, responding to a spurious article about her in local porn title Loslyf. And ...
Sarah Britten, 2006
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English Language Word Builder
... LIGURE LIPASE LOGGAT LOSLYF MADRASa MAHEWU MANILA MARABI MASCLEd MATSAH GREIGE GRUNGEy GUNSEL HAKEEM HARELD HAYMOW HERIOT HOOPOE HUMTNT TNANGA ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
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Midnight Missionary
Shortly before midnight, I got into bed with the latest Loslyf. The letters column is always very entertaining. One guy from the Free State had been divorced for eight years and wrote in to say that, since then, he'd been having it off with all his  ...
Kleinboer, 2006
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Imprints: An Archaeology of Identity in Post-Apartheid ...
Figure 50a Dina, great-grand-daughter of Trek leader Hendrik Potgieter (statue in background) poses for Loslyf magazine at the Voortrekker Monument, June 1995 . Figure 50b Statue of the Kaalvoetvrou (Barefoot woman). Voortrekker Pass,.
Sven Ouzman, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOSLYF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loslyf is used in the context of the following news items.
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Then I did Hustler magazine for about 8 years and Loslyf – the Afrikaans version. I got back into racing in about 1999/2000 with Mike de Kock ... «Sporting Post, Jun 14»
2
End of days for the boykie
Last week's #oscar retweet. Nel: You kept a magazine in your bedside drawer? Why did you? OP: For my safety. Nel: Was it Scope or Loslyf? «Times LIVE, Apr 14»
3
Media choices of SA's fairer sex
And you can't get more male-focused than a title like Loslyf, yet it has a 45% female readership. And while the business titles do have a higher ... «The Media Online, Aug 12»
4
Afrikaans advertising slipping towards mediocrity?
Loslyf: A horrible mixture of Afrikaans and English copy - about 50% each. Stokstyf: Worst record of all - seven out of seven ads in English! «Bizcommunity.com, Feb 12»
5
Rihanna's holiday snaps
The loslyf singer has put a huge selection of her own racy holiday snaps for all to see on her Facebook page. Most superstars prefer to keep ... «Independent Online, Nov 11»
6
The money shot: Getting a rise out of the local porn industry
In an open-plan office I meet magazine editor Rilette Meyer, responsible for Hustler, Loslyf and Stokstyf, which, she says, each has a ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Oct 10»
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Joost, the Man in the Mirror
They want to know why you broke the boom in Dainfern and what happened when you and Amor sued Loslyf magazine." This is exactly why I ... «Artslink.co.za News, Nov 09»
8
Author's journey of discovery
... for three years, as well as an erotic masseuse, before becoming editor of Afrikaans pornographic magazine Loslyf. She told M&G Online that ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 09»
9
Ex-stripper bares her soul in tell-all book
... she went from being an honour's graduate to a stripper to an erotic masseuse, eventually ending up as the editor of porn magazine Loslyf. «Independent Online, Jun 09»
10
'Men can't write about blowjobs'
If you weren't Loslyf editor, what else would you have been doing now? ... me as a stripper, and I have posed for Loslyf and Hustler before. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jun 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Loslyf [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/loslyf>. Apr 2024 ».
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