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From: "Ian McNicoll MMS" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:39 AM
Subject: [GP-UK] Some useful additional concepts for Snomed CT
> "The German propensity for compound words pays dividends. Kummerspeck is
> a German word which literally means grief bacon: it is the word that
> describes the excess weight gained from emotion-related overeating.
>
> A Putzfimmel is a mania for cleaning and Drachenfutter - literally
> translated as dragon fodder - are the peace offerings made by guilty
> husbands to their wives.
>
> Or there's die beleidigte Leberwurst spielen - to stick one's lower lip
> out in a sulk (literally, to play the insulted liver sausage). Perhaps
> it's a Backpfeifengesicht - a face that cries out for a fist in it."
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4248494.stm
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