Crashpool Karaoke

18:03 Aug 20, 2017
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English term or phrase: Crashpool Karaoke
we were about to be called Crashpool Karaoke (instaead of carpool Karaoake).
S.J
Canada
Local time: 18:29


Summary of answers provided
2Karaokeuses du carambolage
Nathalie Stewart
Summary of reference entries provided
Car Crash TV and Co ...
Daryo

Discussion entries: 3





  

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crashpool karaoke
Karaokeuses du carambolage


Explanation:
Does it have anything to do with this, by chance?

http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/22/jada-pinkett-smith-and-queen-l...

I'm just guessing, but if that's the idea, then perhaps you could think along the lines of "carambolage"...

Au lieu des Karaokeuses du covoiturage on a failli se faire appeler les Karaokeuses du carambolage...

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Note added at 40 mins (2017-08-20 18:44:08 GMT)
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Except I don't know if any French speakers would relate that to the original title of the TV show (Carpool Karaoke)... Depends what French-speaking audience you're translating for.

Nathalie Stewart
France
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Exactly. This is the show.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: yes for the research, but I think it's a wordplay on "car crash show / TV / interview", not about any car literally crashing - so translating "car crash interview" and adapting it to this ST is what's needed.
14 hrs
  -> ? I thought they just meant that they almost crashed because they were having too much fun singing. What do you mean by "car crash interview"?
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Reference comments


15 hrs
Reference: Car Crash TV and Co ...

Reference information:
Car Crash TV
Any TV program that, like a recent car crash in the street, you know you shouldn't watch, you know you'll regret looking, but you just can't help yourself!
"The auditions section on that 'search for a star' reality TV show are proper Car Crash TV, aren't they?" Eurovision, Big Brother, Punk'd, any and all painfully uncomfortable reality shows.
#car-crash-tv#carcrash#carcrashtv#carcrashshow#car-crash-show

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Car Crash TV

car crash TV
also car-crash TV, car crash telly mainly uk informal

television programmes about real people that are shocking or embarrassing but very interesting to watch

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/car-crash...

car-crash TV
n
(Broadcasting) television programmes that show deliberately controversial, disturbing, or horrific material
[C20: from their eliciting in the viewer a similar horrified fascination to that experienced by people watching scenes of cars crashing]

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/car-crash TV

car-crash TˈV noun [uncountable] informal
reality TV programmes which people think are of poor quality, but which they cannot stop themselves watching

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/car-crash-tv

Daryo
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 112

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  FX Fraipont (X): Carpool Karaoke "The co-stars were so in the moment that Latifah had to decelerate to avoid a fender bender.=> crash pool karaoke : http://www.eonline.com/news/862617/queen-latifah-and-jada-pi...
3 hrs
  -> so it would be also literally "Crash TV" - well found!
neutral  Nathalie Stewart: I thought the referenced TV show was "Carpool Karaoke." The asker has confirmed this in his comment to my answer: "Exactly. This is the show."
10 hrs
  -> yes but there is also a wordplay on "car crash TV / show / interview" as a type of TV program, combined with a [nearly avoided] very real car crash.
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