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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2015, 09:44 AM Jul 2015

Backpfeifengesicht

Last edited Tue Jul 7, 2015, 03:51 PM - Edit history (1)

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Backpfeifengesicht (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 OP

I agree. n/t dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #1

So much for wanting lunch. Laffy Kat Jul 2015 #2

Does your thread title mean "dickhead" in German? Tobin S. Jul 2015 #3

Not quite..... Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #4

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

1. I agree. n/t

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 10:35 AM

Jul 2015

Laffy Kat

(16,382 posts)

2. So much for wanting lunch.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 03:02 PM

Jul 2015

Your post should have a graphic warning.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

3. Does your thread title mean "dickhead" in German?

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 04:43 PM

Jul 2015

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

4. Not quite.....

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 11:32 AM

Jul 2015

http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/TWIG__WoW/2014/23-Backpfeifengesicht.html

Do you ever look at someone and feel like punching them in the face? Well, Germans have a unique word for that face: a Backpfeifengesicht -- a face that's badly in need of a fist.

This is one of those strange words that's uniquely German with no English equivalent. The word Backpfeife means "punch/slap" (on the cheek/face) and Gesicht means "face". The word Backpfeifengesicht therefore means something along the lines of "a face that's begging to be slapped" - or punched. Or hurt. You get the picture.

We're sure you know someone with a Backpfeifengesicht - someone you just can't get through to without a good punch or a slap.

Maybe it's your mortal enemy. Maybe it's someone with a stupid grin that you'd like to wipe off that face. Maybe it's a person who tells insulting jokes that make others cry. Or maybe it's someone whose face you just can't stand, for whatever reason. To you, that face is in need of a fist - and you're thinking about giving it one.

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