Compound German Neologism Of The Day: Verlorenfreund-überraschenfalschgefähl-geburtstaggrüssung

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Verlorenfreundüberraschenfalschgefühlgeburtstaggrüssung: noun; Literally: Surprised by a lost friend fake enthusiastic birthday greeting; The false bravado one adopts upon encountering an estranged friend while attending a third party’s child’s birthday party.

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Posted by Doug on April 15th, 2011 Posted in Humor Tagged as: compound words,Deutsch,German,language

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