Meaning of Codoi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a surname
   masculine
2. nickname for Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989), Romanian politician
   derogatory, feminine, humorous

Examples

“Magistrala lu’ Ceașcă și-a lu’ Leanța Codoi, / Doi țărani neciopliți, dușmănoși și huliți, / Buni de Carul cu boi.”

Ceaușescu and Nellie Codoi’s highway, / Two boorish, hostile and despised peasants, / Fit for Grigorescu’s Oxcart.

“Cu asta se ocupa scumpa noastră conducere, marea savantă de renume mondial „Coidoi”^([sic]), să-mi iertați experiența ^([sic – meaning expresia]).”

This is what our dear leadership—the great, world renowned scientist “Codoi”, forgive my expression—was preoccupied with.

“apropo de mihai azi e sfintu constantin si sfinta con...elena. ups, ar fi fost ziua ceausestei. ba nu! ca baba codoi nu era crestina.”

Speaking of Michael, today is the feast day of Saint Constantine and Saint Con— I mean Helen. Oops, it would’ve been the wife Ceaușescu’s name day. I mean, no! old Codoi wasn’t a Christian.

“Nu este ca tovarășa codoi (CO₂) de neuitat, dar nici prea departe.”

She isn’t as unforgettable as Comrade Codoi (CO₂), but she isn’t that far off either.

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