@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 18 days agoIf I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?message-square56fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13
arrow-up147arrow-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 • 18 days agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarekindenoughlinkfedilink14•18 days agoA very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.
minus-square@everett@lemmy.mllinkfedilink6•edit-218 days agoSounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.
minus-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•16 days agoIt does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.
minus-square@Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink2•16 days 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