21. April 2009
by Tobias
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Because it’s sounding so wonderfully like Ruhrpott, mining and welding your Opel, today’s Word Of The Day is: wulachen: (German) to work hard (physically) “Adrian really had to wulach, to pound the plaster off the undercut’s walls.”
3. February 2009
by Tobias
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Adrian already agreed with Herr Renz, but I’d like to use the opportunity to express my resentment about the current political discussion here in Germany, which is at the bottom of the Unwort “Abwrackprämie“. Not only Herr Renz is right, … Continue reading
29. November 2008
by Tobias
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Today I’m electing my own creation Word Of The Day: semi-crap: a good idea in itself, being totally mistimed in that situation “Friday afternoon, 40 minutes before quitting time, it’s been semi-crap to tie up the whole software project by … Continue reading
6. August 2008
by Tobias
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I found this one over at heise.de today: (to) wikle: Quite similar to “(to) google” this means to search a term in open content encyclopedia Wikipedia. “I had to wikle Alvis Cars, I’d never heard of them before.”
9. May 2008
by Tobias
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Relating to some university officials a term came up at our lunch table, which is used far too rarely in my opinion: Flitzpiepe: (German) someone you can’t take seriuosly
7. May 2008
by Tobias
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Every now and then you stumble across notably charming or annoying words and expressions. I’ll be presenting some of them here once in a while, starting with a term Adrian invented not so long ago: (to) outgoogle: to find a … Continue reading