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Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago

If I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?

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If I created the word "shlarmle" for purely phonetic reasons, what should be its definition?

Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months ago
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  • kindenough@kbin.earth
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    A very incompetent person. In Dutch (Amsterdam) Jiddish the word is schlemiel.

    • everett@lemmy.ml
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      Sounds like it would be a group of schlemiels.

      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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        It does have a kind of collective noun vibe to it.

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      I’m going to make this a homonym of shlarmle: schlarmil

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    It’s the squishy stuff that makes up the ground of playgrounds

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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      But only after the morning seagulls have turned it into their version of guano.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    It’s just being a tiny tiny bit shamed.

    I’m not ashamed, just a little shlarmled

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      I ran out of shlarmle homonyms to give. Can I offer you a nice “shleg” in these trying times?

  • spizzat2@lemm.ee
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    It sounds like when a person stammers or mumbles because they’re uncertain.

    Parent (sternly): What were you doing when the vase fell over?

    Child (shlarmling): I was… umm… I was over at the hermidgd…

  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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    A Yiddish insult or the cream that gathers at the side of some people’s mouths.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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      I guess it could be both.

      • jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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        It could be both! Why not?

  • Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    it’s an antonym for cromulent.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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    An unorganized pile or collection of unrelated items.

    “The top drawer of the desk was a shlarmle of buttons, marbles, pens, and rubber bands.”

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      Looks like you have top commemt. It’s cannon now.

      • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
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        Yahoo! Lol

  • PoorYorick@lemmy.world
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    The act of talking around a mouthful of hot food.

  • davel@lemmy.ml
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    When life gives you shmarmle, make shmarmalade.

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      Instructions unclear. We’ve encountered a worse version of the coconut.

  • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    A dog’s tongue all flopped out. Or maybe any noodley-shaped animal doing noodely things.

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      It does remind me of a dog eating pasta.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    When you wake up for work after sleeping 2 hours and 28 minutes and you stumble around in the dark looking for your phone which is blasting an alarm over and over.

  • zaph@sh.itjust.works
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    Sounds like a food

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      Shlaramel

  • maisouinon@jlai.lu
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    The colorful milk mix at the bottom of a bowl of fruity cereal after all the crunchy parts are gone.

    • pipes@sh.itjust.works
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      Schlarmlicious

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    Unimportant caramel.

    Caramel shlarmle

    • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
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      Care a mel shlarmle

  • Nemoder@lemmy.ml
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    Pathetic but cute. Aw, isn’t that baby 3 legged frog just shlarmle.

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOP
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      That’s fitting. Reminds me of rescue chihuahuas.

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