Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squarekindenough@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoA very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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