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[-] Katzastrophe@feddit.de 129 points 2 years ago

If anyone wants to know, "Beweglichertorpfostenkrieg" is literally just "moving goal posts war" disguised as a german compound word.

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

As a German, this word was compounded incorrectly anyway. Adjectives don't get compounded. So it would be "Beweglicher Torpfostenkrieg"

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 59 points 2 years ago

Look guys, I found the Grammer Nazi.

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's actually quite easy to correct, so why not mention it?

Make that "moving goal post war" a "goal post movement war" and now it's all nouns and valid to compound them.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

German...Grammer...Nazi...

Sir, this is a Noncredible Wendy's, not a Highly Credible Outback Steakhouse.

[-] Turun@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is wrong. That would describe a certain type of war, but specify that the war is movable.

I think the "Torpfostverschiebekrieg" mentioned in another comment would be the best solution.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

But surely wouldn't that imply the existence of such thing as a 'goal post war'? Because the term is meant to mean '(moving goal post) (war)', and not '(moving) (goal post war)'

[-] FleetingTit@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Beweglicher-Torpfosten-Krieg looks about right.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Ah yes that makes sense

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] khapyman@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

On the other hand in Finnish that's can be one word: maalitolpansiirtosota. No sense implied.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Hmm they can try using that as the new Паляниця (Palanitsya).

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Is it not a German compound word?

[-] wert_straffer@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

„Torpfostenbewegungskrieg“ would be correct. I‘d prefer „Torpfostverschiebekrieg“ though.

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

It's incorrect actually! We don't compound adjectives (Beweglicher)

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Interesting! Thank you for the explanation.

[-] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

We do it though... it's just not correct.

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

Putin after the war: „And with that, I declare our special operation to lower our male population a great success!“

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago

increasing female to male ratio

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Bro your speech mark fell off and it’s at the bottom of the word now ._.

[-] FleetingTit@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago
[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Jesus Christ you can't just go around calling people that

[-] FleetingTit@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I can and I did. You can't stop me!

[-] Ekybio@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago

It's 5th generation warfare because it takes 5 generations to recover from it

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Huh, I just thought it was an autocorrect of "5th grade"

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago

Putin is that kid on the playground that kept announcing new rules every time he was losing.

[-] archonet@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

It's not a retreat, it's a blitzkrieg in reverse.

[-] Wodge@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Geirkztlib

I knew those fuckers were at it again smh

[-] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 14 points 2 years ago

Putin be like:

[-] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

My god, Putin's been playing 5th-gen chess this whole time!!

Pretty sure Alex Jones invented that method

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

P.S For those who don't know, "Ukrop" is slur for "ukrainian" which also means "dill" (like the herb)

[-] missveeronica@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago

As a Richmond VA native, we had a grocery store chain called Ukrops. I didn't realize it was insult in Ukraine.

[-] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

oh it's an insult even in Russia now...

[-] ThatOneDudeFromOhio@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

The U.S. invented that circa 1955 lol

[-] sentinelthesalty@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Tzeench MF's be like.

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