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I'm an Albatraoz. " I'm an Albatraoz " (stylized as " IM AN̓ ALBATRÁOZ ") [4] (/ ˌælbəˈtraʊs / AL-bə-TROWSS) is a 2014 single by Swedish DJ and producer AronChupa and Swedish singer Little Sis Nora. [5] The song has been certified seven-times platinum in Sweden, quadruple platinum in Canada, triple platinum in Italy, and double platinum ...
Albatross (metaphor) The albatross visits the Mariner and his crew in Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, illustrated in 1876 by Gustave Doré. The word albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden (most often associated with guilt or shame) that feels like a curse.
Albatraoz (pronounced "alba-trouse", see below) is a Swedish group of DJs, singers and producers of electro house from Borås, formed in 2012 originally by AronChupa, Little Sis Nora and the other members Nicklas Savolainen, Andreas Reinholdsson, Rasmus Sahlberg, and Måns Harvidsson.
The Oxford English Dictionary notes that the word Alcatraz was originally applied to the frigatebird; the modification to albatross was perhaps influenced by Latin Albus, meaning "white", in contrast to frigatebirds, which are black. [5] They were once commonly known as goonie birds or gooney birds, particularly those of the North Pacific.
The word “albatross” has multiple meanings and can refer to either an oceanic bird (often residing in Australia, where Swift made her announcement), a source of frustration and guilt or a ...
AronChupa. Aron Michael Ekberg (born 30 March 1991), better known by his stage name AronChupa, is a Swedish music producer and DJ. His 2014 song "I'm an Albatraoz" reached number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart and in Denmark, and top 10 in many charts across Europe. It also reached number 25 in the UK and number 10 in the US dance charts.
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.There are differing approaches to the romanization of Yiddish orthography (which uses the Hebrew alphabet); thus, the spelling of some of the words in this list may be variable (for example, shlep is a variant of schlep, and shnozz, schnoz).
Hebrew. This form of greeting was traditional among the Ashkenazi Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. The appropriate response is " Aleichem Shalom " (עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם) or "Upon you be peace." (cognate with the Arabic-language " assalamu alaikum " meaning "The peace [of ] be upon you.)" L'hitraot.