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Russian
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
неулови́мый Джо́ • (neulovímyj Džó) m anim (genitive неулови́мого Джо́, nominative plural неулови́мые Джо́, genitive plural неулови́мых Джо́)
- (humorous) "uncatchable Joe", something widely known but has no interest to anyone
— Би́лли?
— Да, Га́рри?
— Что э́то бы́ло, Би́лли?
— Э́то был неулови́мый Джо, Га́рри.
— А почему́ его́ зову́т неулови́мым Джо́, Би́лли?
— Потому́ что его́ никто́ ещё не пойма́л, Га́рри.
— А почему́ его́ никто́ ещё не пойма́л, Би́лли?
— Потому́ что его́ никто́ не ло́вит, Га́рри.- — Bílli?
— Da, Gárri?
— Što éto býlo, Bílli?
— Éto byl neulovímyj Džo, Gárri.
— A počemú jevó zovút neulovímym Džó, Bílli?
— Potomú što jevó niktó ješčó ne pojmál, Gárri.
— A počemú jevó niktó ješčó ne pojmál, Bílli?
— Potomú što jevó niktó ne lóvit, Gárri. - — Billy?
— Yes, Harry?
— What was that, Billy?
— It was the Uncatchable Joe, Harry.
— But why is he called the Uncatchable Joe, Billy?
— Because nobody has caught him yet, Harry.
— And why nobody has caught him yet, Billy?
— Because nobody is catching him, Harry.
Declension