Friend: We chose [place name] for the groom's dinner.This reminded me of a good word of the day: harridan. "A scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew." I love the German somewhat equivalent: boesartig (i.e., vicious).
Mother-in-law: Why don't you let [groom's name] make a decision?
01 March 2007
Lieblingswort (favorite word)
A friend is getting married in the fall. Her soon-to-be mother-in-law is consistently mean. Witness this recent e-mail exchange:
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You know these big round cactuses with long stings? We call that Schwiegermuttersitz.
At home we always called the Dieffenbachia 'Schwiegermutterpflanze'. Sounds like that lady is as poisonous and suffocating as that plant...
Schwiegermuttersitz and Schwiegermutterpflanze. Those are wunderschoen! Danke!
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