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[redneonred.livejournal.com]

i am unable to write in cyrillic on livejournal, though it is possible on yandex and myspace. i don't know why. for this reason i have to write the word i have a question about in latin....fishka....my belarussian friend said it and wasn't able to give me an example. does anyone know the meaning of this slang word? or any other useful slang words?

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[nymphatacita.livejournal.com]

I can type in cyrillic on here... do you have cyrillic enabled on your computer?

[redneonred.livejournal.com]

yes, as i can use it on other websites. i can read cyrillic on live journal, but i type symbols. i chose cyrillic on some options page with no outcome.

[nymphatacita.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to suggest then.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Фишка is, literally, a chesspiece or a token. As a slang word, it has multiple meanings. I would dare to compare it with the English word "thing" or "vibe". "Those new rock musicians were playing their own thing"... "они играли эту свою фишку"... "This place has got the vibe!" - "у этого места есть своя фишка!" "You know, the thing is..." - "Знаешь, фишка тут вот в чем..."

[earth-blue.livejournal.com]

imho
фишка <--- фича <--- feature

String quartets feature a style more characteristic of the last century
Cтрунные квартеты более характерны для музыки прошлого столетия = Cтрунные квартеты - фишка прошлого столетия :))

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

I have heard фишка as a slang word some good 20 years ago, long before all that computer slang like "фича" :))

[earth-blue.livejournal.com]

упс))

[redneonred.livejournal.com]

but she was describing a friend of hers, personality, not something her friend does. it was used as an adjective.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Well, who knows how they use this word in Belarus :) What I explained was Muscovite Russian :))))

[sh0wst0pp3r.livejournal.com]

In general, slang word “фишка” is used to point out some clearly distinctive feature of something or someone. When it comes to a person’s description, that word can be used to point out some detail of character, rather than physical feature. I.e. being very tall is not “фишка”, but being very polite or communicative to everyone, from closest friend to complete stranger, clearly is.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Bravo, doc! That's what I call Comprehensiveness!

[welgar.livejournal.com]

Or this can mean something like "a special feature" as well.
This makes me also think that this word has something to do with "feature".

[idealforcolors.livejournal.com]

I don't have Cyrillic enabled on my computer, so I type stuff in on translit.ru and then copy and paste it. That may be too much trouble for you, but if nothing else works it's a last resort.