leelian lepotuoli

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From the advice column "Leelian lepotuoli", held in the women's magazine Eeva by Kaisa Salonen from 1950s to 1980s.

Noun

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leelian lepotuoli

  1. (rare, informal) agony aunt (writer of an advice column in a newspaper or other periodical)
  2. 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

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Possessive forms of leelian lepotuoli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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