Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 days agoIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145message-squareIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 days agoA very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI’m going to make this a homonym of shlarmle: schlarmil
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-25 days agoSounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoIt does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.
A very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
I’m going to make this a homonym of shlarmle: schlarmil
Sounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
It does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.