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Lingo Bingo #11: Meh and Such

Indifference. A term every political economics student is ranting and raving about. When an individual is indifferent about option A or B, then he/she values both equally and thus considers them as good or as bad as the other.
Meh is the more casual term for it and I wish I could have “Meh” go mainstream [...]

Boxed Up Your Life, What Now?

Having Started my studies of International Business Administration on Wednesday was next big thing coming up for me in the last week. Therefore, I needed to move. Get out of the countryside and dive into the urban flair of Vienna was the ultimate devise for me the last couple of days. Luckily I was spared [...]

Lingo Bingo #10: That’s Spanischer Buh-n-howf!

Whenever an attempt to communication or action fails, people get very creative when they encounter a lack of understanding. Both German and English have a vast repertoire listing expressions of incomprehension.

Lingo Bingo #9: Cardio & Kids

I know that I have neglected my German entries a lot lately, but I just don’t feel like posting anything German. It’s not that I am having a writer’s block or I’m missing German word wit. No, it’s not that. So, as an apology, I’m now concentrating on German idioms and proverbs. There you go. [...]

Lingo Bingo #8: So, My Boss Actually Digs* Me?

Having a weakness for another language makes you do weird things. Sometimes I encounter a phrase or joke in German that I have a hard time translating, where the internet bears a hand*. Most of the times this gets me the solution, I feel satisfied and can move on with life. Here is an example [...]

Lingo Bingo #7: Sherlock, Duh & Thank you Captain Obvious

There are moments in life where you feel this sudden surge of hormones (mostly adrenaline) that tell you the meaning of your existence. The chore that you are supposed to be able to tick of at the end of your life, the obligation that you fulfill with – hopefully – good grace. It seemed to [...]

Lingo Bingo #6: You’d drink my Kool-Aid, wouldn’t you?

For time tends to get less busy I decided to pick up a book that I always wanted to read that has been rotting in my book shelf since my A-Levels: Apex Hides The Hurt by Colson Whitehead. I will soon publish a short review on this book, FYI (this abbreviation is for “for your [...]

Lingo Bingo #5: Melange Imperial

Lass uns nicht um den heißen Brei reden (let’s not beat around the bush) und schon legen wir los mit Lingo Bingo (check out the Lingo Bingo archive)…