leelian lepotuoli
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the advice column "Leelian lepotuoli", held in the women's magazine Eeva by Kaisa Salonen from 1950s to 1980s.
Noun
[edit]leelian lepotuoli
- (rare, informal) agony aunt (writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical)
- agony aunt (someone who people commonly go to for advice about personal problems, often annoyingly so)
- Olen kyllästynyt siihen, että kaikki tuovat ongelmansa minulle - en ole halunnut leelian lepotuoliksi!
- I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems - I never wanted to be an agony aunt!
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (writer): ihmissuhdekolumnisti