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    What does "Девочка-нимфетка" mean?

    I got the following phrases from a song by Glu-koza.
    I am trying to figure out what this song is about.

    Красками к вечеру день. В баках пусто.
    Paint for evening day. Of empty vessel.

    Я не любила, она про любовь рассказала
    I didnt love, she spoke about love.

    Девочка-нимфетка по кличке "Мальвина"
    girl-нимфетка called "Malvina"

    Девочка-конфетка по кличке "Мальвина"
    candy-girl called "Malvina"

    Просто не верила я, но защёлкну замочек
    I simply didn't believe, but button-up замочек

    Кортиком в сердце войдет про любовь разговорчик. я настроена

    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all.
    Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?

    Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.

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    Нимфетка ("nymphette" in French) is a teenager girl about 12-15 years old looks like an adult woman, for example Nabokov's Lolita.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ
    Нимфетка ("nymphette" in French) is a teenager girl about 12-15 years old looks like an adult woman, for example Nabokov's Lolita.
    A minor correction:
    I'd say Нимфетка is a teenager girl who not only looks but also acts like a grown up woman .

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    Interesting

    So you are saying "Девочка-нимфетка" means "Nymphette-girl"
    Interesting.

    So what does "замочек" mean. I imagine it is some kind of clothes.

    And what is the meaning of
    "Кортиком в сердце войдет про любовь разговорчик. я настроена"?
    Какая разница, умереть богатым или бедным?

    Какой толк от богатства если ты не счастлив.

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    замочек is diminutive of замок - here it means a door-lock, becouse you can защёлкнуть only a door-lock, the clothes button and zip(замок) you can застегнуть only. Some people are useing the diminutive forms of nouns all the time, i've noticed it's common in Moscow and it sounds too sweet so i dislike it.
    Btw, замок is a door-lock, замок is a castle, замок(verb) is "(i/you/he/it) got wet" - Закрою замок на замок, чтобы замок не замок.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ
    Some people are useing the diminutive forms of nouns all the time, i've noticed it's common in Moscow
    Reminds me of a story from anekdot.ru: http://v2.anekdot.ru/an/an0410/o041026.html#1

    "Кортиком в сердце войдет про любовь разговорчик"-
    The talk about love will stab the heart like a dagger.

    Я настроена (что-то делать) - I'm in the mood (to do something)
    "Happy new year, happy new year
    May we all have a vision now and then
    Of a world where every neighbour is a friend"

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    I've never read this, this story is realy funny.
    Friendy, I would say "the little talk" - разговорчик - one more diminutive form.
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    I seem to remember that Nabokov actually invented 'nymphet' as a word in English, drawing from the ancient Greek word 'nymph' and French 'nymphe' - it became widely known after the scandal created by his book. Something like that anyway.

    As for et/ette, I think 'et' is one of those de-Frenchifying things This is a pretty obscure word anyway, so people probably tend to spell it with the more normal 'ette' ending. As JJ said, 'nymphette' is used in modern French with this meaning (sexually precocious young girl, or some such). I don't know for sure whether this usage existed prior to Lolita.

    I guess the most common word from this group in English everyday speech is nympho, short for 'nymphomaniac', someone who's mad about sex (it's a recognised medical condition, as well as being used as slang). It's only ever used about women in my experience, probably because it's just taken as a fact that men are mad about sex
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