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For dessert there was usually a gluckschmerz pie, with the fluffy look and heft of a small snowbank.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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For dessert there was usually a gluckschmerz pie, with the fluffy look and heft of a small snowbank.
NPR Topics: News 2009
alexz commented on the word gluckschmerz
'“It’s not an actual word in the German language,” says University of Kentucky psychologist Richard Smith. “You won’t find it in any German dictionary.”' - spotted on languagehat
March 12, 2017