Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 days agoIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?message-squaremessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down13
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 days agomessage-square56linkfedilink
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·12 days agoA very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-212 days agoSounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoIt does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoI’m going to make this a homonym of shlarmle: schlarmil
A very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
Sounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
It does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.
I’m going to make this a homonym of shlarmle: schlarmil