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leitkultur

leitkultur  n.— «“This debate,” it adds, “must not omit the issue of a (German) ‘Leitkultur’ (guiding culture), nor the commitments which a self-confident society…not ashamed of its Christian foundations may require of...

rat line

rat line  n.— «The former CIC colonel said hundreds of Nazis were brought out of Germany by the same route and “everybody that went through the Rat Line was personally accompanied to the ship by a member of our organization...

reflectoporn

reflectoporn  n.— «Reflectoporn might have been the big eBay porn craze that wasn’t, but we’ve been seeing a lot of otherwise ordinary auction items modeled by some very extraordinary looking women lately, like this perfectly hideous men’s...

lily pad

lily pad  n.— «We are already “reconfiguring our footprint”—that is, reviewing deployment of our troops globally to make us capable of applying mobile force anywhere rather than to sit in place to meet any specific threat...

tablehooter

tablehooter  n.— «In Germany cheap sounding electronic beginner keyboard instruments are called a “Tischhupe.” “Tisch” means table, “Hupe” is a car- or alarm horn, though the possibly best English...

putzteufel

putzteufel
 n.— «Putzteufel literally means cleaning devil.» —“Spotlessly German? Think Again” Deutsche Welle (Germany) Aug. 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)