Mobots

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English term or phrase:	Mobots
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Entered by:	Neus Coll Ruiz

22:41 Jan 28, 2013

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Bus/Financial - Government / Politics

English term or phrase: Mobots

I don't understand what the term refers to (Politician Robots? Mistakes?).

Definitions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobot

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/automation_robo...

Thanks in advance for your help!

Source Text: The announced tactic was to frontload spending cuts, get past the necessary pain of tax increases and give Team Tory a run-in to the next election, with time for a few electoral Mobots.

Neus Coll Ruiz KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (1 open) Answers: 11 United Kingdom
Local time: 22:13

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Explanation:
More strange UK-specific neologisms!
The Mobot is a 'signature' gesture used by Mo Farah at the 2012 London Olympics.
In this context I guess it means making 'flashy (but meaningless) political gestures' prior to the election.

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Note added at 9 mins (2013-01-28 22:51:24 GMT)
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So you'll have to decide whether to keep the original term with an explanation, or just paraphrase it. I'd check how far the 'mobot' gesture extends outside of the UK context. Unlike in the case of 'omnishambles' (your previous question) I think in this context it may be simpler to omit it, as here it is used more as an 'in-joke' (guiño) that is not really necessary or relevant to the message being conveyed.

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fionn
Germany
Local time: 23:13

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fionn

gestos electorales de victoria al estilo Mobot

Itziar Crespo

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mobots

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fionn
Germany
Local time: 23:13
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PRO pts in category: 12

11 hrs confidence:

mobots gestos electorales de victoria al estilo Mobot

Explanation:
Y, añadiría esta nota a pie de página:
Gesto de la M de Mo Farah, imitado por Usain Bolt, para celebrar su victoria en las Olimpiadas de Londres 2012.

Espero que te ayude!

Reference: http://www.as.com/opinion/articulo/marketing-mobot-farah-his...
Reference: http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2012/08/11/juegos_olimpi...

Itziar Crespo
Spain
Local time: 23:13
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Native speaker of: Spanish

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