@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 months agoIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?message-square56fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13
arrow-up145arrow-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 • 3 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarekindenoughlinkfedilink14•3 months agoA very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
minus-square@everett@lemmy.mllinkfedilink6•edit-23 months agoSounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
minus-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•3 months agoIt does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.
minus-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•3 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