Greek Chod and other Obscurities

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Junkman wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:01 pm "türken" means something akin to cheating. It's most commonly used in conjunction with gambling and used car enhancement. It's usually things that are "getürkt", not persons.
As ever, the Internet supplies a possible origin of the term:

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur ... 59657.html
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No matter how hard they try to romanticise it, it references the business ethic and general behaviour of them cheating bastards from Turkey. Also see "Yugoslav", but it doesn't sound as succinct, hence isn't used.
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Junkman wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:21 pm No matter how hard they try to romanticise it, it references the business ethic and general behaviour of them cheating bastards from Turkey. Also see "Yugoslav", but it doesn't sound as succinct, hence isn't used.
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IIRC the Germans also used to talk of a "polnische Wirtschaft".
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Yeah, I heard that the tourist Authority on Cyprus was trying the relabel the colour of their beachy coasts to greekwoyz
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John F wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:32 pm
Junkman wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:21 pm No matter how hard they try to romanticise it, it references the business ethic and general behaviour of them cheating bastards from Turkey. Also see "Yugoslav", but it doesn't sound as succinct, hence isn't used.
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IIRC the Germans also used to talk of a "polnische Wirtschaft".
And "englisch einkaufen".
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Junkman wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 2:44 pm
And "englisch einkaufen".
Ha! That's new to me, but I've heard "polnisch einkaufen" used in the same sense.
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I guess "polnisch" replaced "englisch" after The Wall sadly was torn down.
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I'm surprised that "englisch einkaufen" was even a thing in Germany tbh, I've never heard a bad word said about the British over there (although in fairness I did live in the Septic "Besatzungszone").
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It originates from an Asterix comic, Asterix in Britain.
The Brit that hosted them had a habit of nicking everything he fancied.
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Junkman wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:14 pm It originates from an Asterix comic, Asterix in Britain.
The Brit that hosted them had a habit of nicking everything he fancied.
Ahhh, ta for the explanation. I read that years ago but don't remember the thief :-)
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