Thursday, 6 August 2015

There should be a word for when someone is trying to burn their bridges behind them, but the wood is wet.
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  1. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 12:34

    Smouldering Bridges?

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  2. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 12:35

    Brouldering?
    Smidging?
    Mouldering?
    Fox Mulder?

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  3. Alicia Smith6 August 2015 at 12:38

    Hmm. Damp squib maybe - the wood doesn't even light. :-)

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  4. Alicia Smith6 August 2015 at 12:38

    hee hee hee, that's funny!

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  5. Rob Masters6 August 2015 at 12:42

    Theres got to be something in German.

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  6. Alicia Smith6 August 2015 at 12:43

    I'll ask on Yucata!

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  7. Rob Masters6 August 2015 at 12:44

    Great idea!

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  8. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 13:20

    schadenfreude - My favourite German word.

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  9. Alicia Smith6 August 2015 at 13:22

    Always a good word.

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  10. Alicia Smith6 August 2015 at 13:31

    I think drahtesel "wire donkey" for bicycle is pretty funny. :-) Weltschmerz is a good one too.

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  11. Rob Masters6 August 2015 at 13:40

    I've always been fond of the greek-german construct paeloweltschmerz. (The theory that the dinosaurs got sick of living.)

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  12. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 13:49

    What about Abiogenesis? Another favourite of mine. Not German I think though.

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  13. Rob Masters6 August 2015 at 14:13

    " Abiogenesis" - The creation of robot puppies.

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  14. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 14:17

    LOL!!! Even better then that! - The spontaneous creation of life from nothing. The term was created back in the very early days when people didn't associate the sudden appearance of rodents with loose storage practices. They thought these little critters simply appeared. The opposite of Spontaneous Self-Combustion in a way.

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  15. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 14:18

    So would on call that Anti-Abiogenesis?

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  16. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 14:19

    It has since been pinched by science to explain basic evolution principles, the bastards.

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  17. Elaine Walker6 August 2015 at 17:07

    No no, abiogenesis is what comes before evolution

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  18. Jeffrey Watkins (The Next Doctor)6 August 2015 at 17:33

    Hah ha. Not officially. The creation of Life form inanimate non-life. ;-)

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