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October 26, 2013
Gaststättenneueröffnungsuntergangsgewissheit
Total confidence that a newly opened restaurant is doomed to fail. (Inn-New-Opening-Downfall-Certitude) The Word For... : The New YorkerPosted by gerardvanderleun at October 26, 2013 9:28 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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I once wrote a piece about a restaurant that opened in our little burg, and I thought it quite possible that the new owner was a former citizen of East Germany, possibly a Stasi agent. How economical of the Germans to have a word for what happened to his 'restaurant'.
Gast-stätten-neuer-öffnungs-untergangs-gewissheit.
I shall try to remember this word the next time a Stasi agent tries to open a German restaurant in our town again.
Posted by: Jewel Atkins at October 26, 2013 2:55 PM