Comment on To be fair, that's more than two words

Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  a hog who’s a hedge fund manager

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• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I love how that’s an example of an English word that shoves two existing words together while German uncharacteristically has it own word for it: Igel.

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  • Magnetar@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll start calling it a Heckenschwein just to annoy you.

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I guess I’ll have to call it an eagle, then! We need a new word for the bird now.

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