We encountered Kummer (sorrow, grief, anxiety) already in Liebeskummer, our word of the month for December 2009. Speck is the fatty tissue people or animals may carry on their bodies.*
Kummerspeck, then, is the stuff that grows visibly around the midriff of people who overeat out of anxiety or grief.
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*It may be also a byproduct of the slaughtering of hogs, eaten as such or used to flavor dishes; but that's not the meaning in the present context.
Occasional musings, Geistesblitze, photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany".
Thursday, September 18, 2014
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3 comments:
Sehr komisch. A friend once referred to an incipient spare tire as nervous fat. He did not speak German, BTW.
@Miriam: Your friend certainly got the idea!
There was a Doctor Who episode about this malaise!
Thank you again, Ulrich, for the addition to your dictionary. And your cartoons are so good that the definitions become a bonus.
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