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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Our German sales guy described his boss as a 'weichei', which apparently means a 'soft-egg'. It has joined my lexicon.

    It's quite mild sounding by German standards, whose compliments often sound like mortal insults.

    I was only joking

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    • KlausK Offline
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      Oh, "Weichei" is a very special insult. Whole books have been written about this class of insults. It's its own genre of insult humor in fact.

      For instance, consider this list of "Weichei"-esque insults, some of which are quite funny.

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      • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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        Those are great. We don't have nearly as many - the most obvious one I can think of is shandy-drinker.

        I was only joking

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