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Michael Krug

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edgar Just Starting Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Location: USA	Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:40 am    Post subject: Michael Krug I am a big fan of Michael Krug. By using slang dictionaries I can find most of his vocab. But I am stumped by the title of one of his songs, "Zhigan Limon" I think it means "pretty boy" from the context of the song, but I am not sure. Can someone help me out. Thanks, Edgar I think that it can or should be "Shigan" in transposing it to English, too. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Edgar
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CarlSpackler Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Nov 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Highway 101	Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Michael Krug edgar wrote: I am a big fan of Michael Krug. By using slang dictionaries I can find most of his vocab. But I am stumped by the title of one of his songs, "Zhigan Limon" I think it means "pretty boy" from the context of the song, but I am not sure. Can someone help me out. Thanks, Edgar I think that it can or should be "Shigan" in transposing it to English, too. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Edgar “Zhigan” is a respectful title given to a member of a criminal cast by other criminals. Originally means “hot-head”. In Tsars Russia "zhigani" used to be one of the most respected casts in criminal world. Limon is just a nickname, could mean lemon or a monetary million.
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edgar Just Starting Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 4 Location: USA	Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:18 pm    Post subject: To: CarlSpackler From: Edgar Thank you so much for you explanation of "zhigan." I guess it comes from the word root "zhech'" which means to burn. I have collected many of Krug's songs on You Tube and find them to be remarkable. Best wishes, Edgar
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