"неуловимый Джо" meaning in Russian

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Noun

IPA: [nʲɪʊɫɐˈvʲimɨj ˈd͡ʐʐo]
Etymology: Based on a joke that someone called "Joe" was never caught, not because he is hard to catch but because no-one wants to catch him. Head templates: {{ru-noun+|неулови́мый|+|_|Джо́|$|a=an}} неулови́мый Джо́ • (neulovímyj Džó) m anim (genitive неулови́мого Джо́, nominative plural неулови́мые Джо́, genitive plural неулови́мых Джо́) Forms: неулови́мый Джо́ [canonical], neulovímyj Džó [romanization], неулови́мого Джо́ [genitive], неулови́мые Джо́ [nominative, plural], неулови́мых Джо́ [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], неулови́мый Джо́ [nominative, singular], неулови́мые Джо́ [nominative, plural], неулови́мого Джо́ [genitive, singular], неулови́мых Джо́ [genitive, plural], неулови́мому Джо́ [dative, singular], неулови́мым Джо́ [dative, plural], неулови́мого Джо́ [accusative, singular], неулови́мых Джо́ [accusative, plural], неулови́мым Джо́ [instrumental, singular], неулови́мыми Джо́ [instrumental, plural], неулови́мом Джо́ [prepositional, singular], неулови́мых Джо́ [plural, prepositional]
  1. (humorous) "uncatchable Joe", something widely known but has no interest to anyone Tags: humorous
{
  "etymology_text": "Based on a joke that someone called \"Joe\" was never caught, not because he is hard to catch but because no-one wants to catch him.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "неулови́мый Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neulovímyj Džó",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мого Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мые Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мый Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyj Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мые Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyje Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мого Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímovo Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyx Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мому Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímomu Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мым Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímym Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мого Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímovo Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyx Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мым Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímym Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мыми Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímymi Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мом Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímom Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyx Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "неулови́мый",
        "2": "+",
        "3": "_",
        "4": "Джо́",
        "5": "$",
        "a": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "неулови́мый Джо́ • (neulovímyj Džó) m anim (genitive неулови́мого Джо́, nominative plural неулови́мые Джо́, genitive plural неулови́мых Джо́)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "— Billy?\n — Yes, Harry?\n — What was that, Billy?\n — It was the Uncatchable Joe, Harry.\n — But why is he called the Uncatchable Joe, Billy?\n — Because nobody has caught him yet, Harry.\n — And why nobody has caught him yet, Billy?\n — Because nobody is catching him, Harry.",
          "roman": "— Bílli?\n — Da, Gárri?\n — Što éto býlo, Bílli?\n — Éto byl neulovímyj Džo, Gárri.\n — A počemú jevó zovút neulovímym Džó, Bílli?\n — Potomú što jevó niktó ješčó ne pojmál, Gárri.\n — A počemú jevó niktó ješčó ne pojmál, Bílli?\n — Potomú što jevó niktó ne lóvit, Gárri.",
          "text": "— Би́лли?\n — Да, Га́рри?\n — Что э́то бы́ло, Би́лли?\n — Э́то был неулови́мый Джо, Га́рри.\n — А почему́ его́ зову́т неулови́мым Джо́, Би́лли?\n — Потому́ что его́ никто́ ещё не пойма́л, Га́рри.\n — А почему́ его́ никто́ ещё не пойма́л, Би́лли?\n — Потому́ что его́ никто́ не ло́вит, Га́рри.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"uncatchable Joe\", something widely known but has no interest to anyone"
      ],
      "id": "en-неуловимый_Джо-ru-noun-Vklikgfy",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "uncatchable",
          "uncatchable"
        ],
        [
          "Joe",
          "Joe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) \"uncatchable Joe\", something widely known but has no interest to anyone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nʲɪʊɫɐˈvʲimɨj ˈd͡ʐʐo]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "неуловимый Джо"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Based on a joke that someone called \"Joe\" was never caught, not because he is hard to catch but because no-one wants to catch him.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "неулови́мый Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neulovímyj Džó",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мого Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мые Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hard-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мый Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyj Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мые Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyje Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мого Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímovo Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyx Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мому Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímomu Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мым Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímym Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мого Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímovo Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyx Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мым Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímym Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мыми Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímymi Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мом Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímom Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "неулови́мых Джо́",
      "roman": "neulovímyx Džó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "неулови́мый",
        "2": "+",
        "3": "_",
        "4": "Джо́",
        "5": "$",
        "a": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "неулови́мый Джо́ • (neulovímyj Džó) m anim (genitive неулови́мого Джо́, nominative plural неулови́мые Джо́, genitive plural неулови́мых Джо́)",
      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian adjectival nouns",
        "Russian animate nouns",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian hard-stem masculine accent-a adjectival nouns",
        "Russian humorous terms",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Russian links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Russian masculine nouns",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian nouns",
        "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "— Billy?\n — Yes, Harry?\n — What was that, Billy?\n — It was the Uncatchable Joe, Harry.\n — But why is he called the Uncatchable Joe, Billy?\n — Because nobody has caught him yet, Harry.\n — And why nobody has caught him yet, Billy?\n — Because nobody is catching him, Harry.",
          "roman": "— Bílli?\n — Da, Gárri?\n — Što éto býlo, Bílli?\n — Éto byl neulovímyj Džo, Gárri.\n — A počemú jevó zovút neulovímym Džó, Bílli?\n — Potomú što jevó niktó ješčó ne pojmál, Gárri.\n — A počemú jevó niktó ješčó ne pojmál, Bílli?\n — Potomú što jevó niktó ne lóvit, Gárri.",
          "text": "— Би́лли?\n — Да, Га́рри?\n — Что э́то бы́ло, Би́лли?\n — Э́то был неулови́мый Джо, Га́рри.\n — А почему́ его́ зову́т неулови́мым Джо́, Би́лли?\n — Потому́ что его́ никто́ ещё не пойма́л, Га́рри.\n — А почему́ его́ никто́ ещё не пойма́л, Би́лли?\n — Потому́ что его́ никто́ не ло́вит, Га́рри.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "\"uncatchable Joe\", something widely known but has no interest to anyone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "uncatchable",
          "uncatchable"
        ],
        [
          "Joe",
          "Joe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) \"uncatchable Joe\", something widely known but has no interest to anyone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nʲɪʊɫɐˈvʲimɨj ˈd͡ʐʐo]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "неуловимый Джо"
}

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