Author Topic: Word of the day (Read 3271 times)

Pauws99 · « **on:** October 20, 2017, 06:37 »

"Verschlimmbesserung"

An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were. This is a very common German expression which has no good translation in English. It is pronounced "Fair-shleam-besser-oonk" (schlimmer = worse, besser = better).

Just had to share this when someone told me about it....will save me a lot of words!

Mantis · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2017, 07:47 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on October 20, 2017, 06:37

"Verschlimmbesserung"

An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were. This is a very common German expression which has no good translation in English. It is pronounced "Fair-shleam-besser-oonk" (schlimmer = worse, besser = better).

Just had to share this when someone told me about it....will save me a lot of words!

I'm actually giving a talk on continuous improvement today. I think I will use this word on one of my topics about project charters (or lack thereof)

increasingdifficulty · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2017, 08:11 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on October 20, 2017, 06:37

"Verschlimmbesserung"

An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were. This is a very common German expression which has no good translation in English. It is pronounced "Fair-shleam-besser-oonk" (schlimmer = worse, besser = better).

Just had to share this when someone told me about it....will save me a lot of words!

Not "-oonk" - oong.

Chichikov · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2017, 08:29 »

Quote from: increasingdifficulty on October 20, 2017, 08:11

Quote from: Pauws99 on October 20, 2017, 06:37
"Verschlimmbesserung"

An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were. This is a very common German expression which has no good translation in English. It is pronounced "Fair-shleam-besser-oonk" (schlimmer = worse, besser = better).

Just had to share this when someone told me about it....will save me a lot of words!

Not "-oonk" - oong.

It depends how much beer you drank before…

sarah2 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2017, 10:53 »

I don't know how I've managed without this word till now!
I see so many uses.....

noodle · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2017, 17:25 »

And I thought “bird” was the word...

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