Location: Köln, Germany
Word or Expression: der Spargeltarzan
Closest English Translation: beanpole
Literal Translation: asparagus Tarzan
Archive for April, 2012
30 Apr 2012: Spargeltarzan
Published April 30, 2012 Body , Harmless , Insult Leave a CommentTags: beanpole
29 Apr 2012: Frechdachs
Published April 29, 2012 Animals , Harmless , Insult Leave a CommentTags: cheeky monkey
Location: Köln, Germany
Word or Expression: der Frechdachs
Closest English Translation: cheeky monkey
Literal Translation: cheeky badger
28 Apr 2012: Pausenclown
Published April 28, 2012 Harmless , Insult Leave a CommentTags: class clown
Location: Köln, Germany
Word or Expression: der Pausenclown
Closest English Translation: class clown
Literal Translation: break clown
Thanks to Yvonne Rainer for being the Pausenclown with me for this video!
27 Apr 2012: Trunkenbold
Published April 27, 2012 Harmless , Insult , Medium Leave a CommentTags: drunkard
Location: Köln, Germany
Word or Expression: der Trunkenbold
Closest English Translation: drunkard
26 Apr 2012: Wichtigtuer
Published April 26, 2012 Harmless , Insult , Medium Leave a CommentTags: poser
Location: Berlin, Germany
Word or Expression: der Wichtigtuer
Closest English Translation: poser
Literal Translation: important do-er
25 Apr 2012: Zimperliese
Published April 25, 2012 Gender Specific/Content , Harmless , Insult , Medium Leave a CommentTags: girl, nancyboy, priss, sissy, wimp, wuss
Location: Berlin, Germany
Word or Expression: die Zimperliese
Closest English Translation: sissy, wuss, wimp, girl, nancyboy, priss
Literal Translation: prissy-one
24 Apr 2012: Windelpupser
Published April 24, 2012 Body , Children's Taunts , Harmless , Insult Leave a CommentTags: little shit, little shitter
Location: Berlin, Germany
Word or Expression: der Windelpupser
Closest English Translation: little shitter, little shit
Literal Translation: diaper farter
23 Apr 2012: Vollpfosten
Published April 23, 2012 Harmless , Insult , Medium Leave a CommentTags: dumb-ass, idiot, jackass
Location: Berlin, Germany
Word or Expression: der Vollpfosten
Closest English Translation: jack-ass, dumb-ass, idiot
Literal Translation: full pole, full pillar
22 Apr 2012: Meckerziege
Published April 22, 2012 Animals , Gender Specific/Content , Harmless , Insult , Medium , Sexist Leave a CommentTags: complaining bitch, old nag, sourpuss
Location: Berlin, Germany
Word or Expression: die Meckerziege
Closest English Translation: sourpuss, complaining bitch, old nag
Literal Translation: complaining goat
Special thanks to amazing media artist and scholar Vivian Wenli Lin for being a complaining bitch with me for the sake of art and learning German!
21 Apr 2012: Suppenkasper
Published April 21, 2012 Children's Taunts , Food , Harmless , Insult Leave a CommentTags: finicky eater, Heinrich Hoffmann, Shel Silverstein
Location: Berlin, Germany
Word or Expression: der Suppenkasper
Closest English Translation: finicky eater
Literal Translation: soup casper
The early 19th century book Struwelpeter, written by Heinrich Hoffmann included a story of a Suppenkasper, a child who doesn’t want to eat and eventually dies of hunger. It brings to mind of (albeit instead of trying to indoctrinate children on the virtues of eating properly, it subversively and humorously reverses the roles of righteousness) Shel Silverstein’s story of a girl who dies because her parents won’t give her a pony, in the book Where the Sidewalk Ends.
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