Languages and Linguistics

Lydia Leftcoast

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1. From German:

Fri May 3, 2013, 10:50 AM

May 2013

"klimpern"--to play the piano aimlessly without playing anything in particular

"Schnipsel"--a scrap of paper left over when you've cut something else out

"Fachidiot"--a person who knows everything about his or her specialty and nothing about much of anything else

"Lümmel"--a loud and ill-mannered young man who is not very bright

"Sorgenkind"--a child who is always in trouble and/or suffering misfortune, causing worry and distress for the parents

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