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    Quote Originally Posted by CoffeeCup View Post
    There is a phrase in Russian "Так вот как это теперь называется" which always implies a sexual connotation.
    Да. Очень похоже. Иногда говорят: "А, это так называется?", "Теперь это так называют?", "Вы это так называете?" и т.д, в этом духе.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
    Да. Очень похоже. Иногда говорят: "А, это так называется?", "Теперь это так называют?", "Вы это так называете?" и т.д, в этом духе.
    English equivalent: "So that's what the kids are calling it these days!", "Is THAT what the youngsters call it nowadays?", "Is that what you crazy kids call it today?", etc. (It's always in the tone of a 1960s middle-class father who is shocked by the Beatles' long hair.)
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