динамить (dinamit)

What it means

1. 1.

   To lead someone on and never deliver; to keep agreeing to meet and keep not turning up. The noun динамо names the act and динамщица the woman who makes a habit of it.

2. 2.

   Extends beyond romance to anyone who strings you along — a client, a landlord, a friend who has owed you money for a year.

Examples with translations

• Она его уже месяц динамит.

  She's been stringing him along for a month.

• Не динамь, скажи прямо.

  Stop dodging and just say it straight.

Where it comes from

From динамо, the electrical generator: the image is of something that spins constantly and produces nothing you can hold. The romantic sense dates from the late Soviet period.

Other forms

Romanised as:

dinamit