Schlimmbesserung.
| Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject: Schlimmbesserung |  |
| New Scientist says 'Schlimmbesserung' is a German word for an improvement that makes things worse. Seems to be the only kind of improvement I meet these days, working in a university, as I do. Do we need an English equivalent, or should we just adopt the German? | |
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