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To: pankot
Let the Germans help you!

The German propensity for compound words pays dividends. Kummerspeck is a German word which literally means grief bacon: it is the word that describes the excess weight gained from emotion-related overeating.

A Putzfimmel is a mania for cleaning and Drachenfutter - literally translated as dragon fodder - are the peace offerings made by guilty husbands to their wives.

Or there's die beleidigte Leberwurst spielen - to stick one's lower lip out in a sulk (literally, to play the insulted liver sausage).

Perhaps it's a Backpfeifengesicht - a face that cries out for a fist in it.

107 posted on 12/18/2009 11:59:24 PM PST by gogeo (Lefties...making small minded pettiness seem...well, fashionable.)
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To: gogeo

I’m kinda partial to Scheisskopf.


121 posted on 12/19/2009 6:15:55 PM PST by pankot
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