• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    While this is true, Backpfeifengesicht is actually a commonly used term, if a bit on the archaic/regional side.

    • crossmr@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      Yes once in awhile real ones were posted to TIL as well, but since the vast majority of them were nonsense, that’s why they were banned. No one on the mod team was a native german speaker and it just wasn’t worth the trouble of figuring out which, if any, were legitimate words. It ended up leading to the rule against translations/definitions/word origins.