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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Fisselig

Here's a word many of you may find useful: "fisselig." German for "flustered to the point of incompetence by the attentions of a supervisor." In my case it's more outside auditors, surveyors, accreditors than internal supervisors. But I think it still works.

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  1. Judge not a book by its cover.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  2. lol---those pithy Germans. They seem to have a word for several intense, dark, awkward feelings.

    Schadenfreud ~ taking pleasure in the misery of others. ;)

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