[Source: Wild Things in the German Language: Kindle version | iBooks version]
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Word of the Month: Schmierfink
Word of the Month: Index
A Schmierfink is a close relative of a Schmutzfink, whom we have already encountered (WoM Nov. 2010).
Schmieren means to "smear," "daub," or "spread messily."
A Schmierfink may do this literally by disfiguring a wall with graffiti or figuratively by
spreading false accusations in print, like yellow journalists do.
[Source: Wild Things in the German Language: Kindle version | iBooks version]
[Source: Wild Things in the German Language: Kindle version | iBooks version]
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In my family, this is what they called kids who were messy eaters.
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