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OP -heimer is apparently a common German name ending (e.g., Oppenheimer) meaning someone from the home of... wiseheimer/wisenheimer/weisenheimer <> wiseacre, wise guy
In the first ed. of Mencken (1919), he wrote, Several years ago -heimer had a great vogue in slang, and was rapidly done to death. But wiseheimer remains in colloquial use as a facetious synonym for smart-aleck, and after awhile it may gradually acquire dignity.
bund is G. for association or league. in English, OED2 has..
A league, confederacy, or association; spec. (a) the confederation of German states; (b) a Jewish Social Democratic workers' organization in Eastern Europe, founded in 1897; (c) U.S., an American pro-Nazi organization founded in 1936.
given this history, use of Bund/bund itself is fraught with some peril.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted so what does a lexicographer do, anyways? tsuwm 02/03/05 12:16 AM Re: so what does a lexicographer do, anyways? Jackie 02/03/05 02:11 AM plunderbund, cont. tsuwm 02/03/05 02:48 AM Re: plunderbund, cont. tsuwm 02/03/05 03:15 AM Re: plunderbund, cont. Owlbow 02/03/05 01:27 PM Re: plunderbund, cont. Sparteye 02/03/05 04:06 PM Re: plunderbund, cont. of troy 02/03/05 04:38 PM Re: social idiot savant AnnaStrophic 02/03/05 04:46 PM Re: plunderbund, cont. tsuwm 02/03/05 04:52 PM Re: plunderbund, cont. Jackie 02/03/05 04:59 PM Re: so what does a lexicographer do, anyways? Vernon Compton 02/05/05 11:53 PM Re: so what does a lexicographer do, anyways? Faldage 02/06/05 10:47 AM Ah! Ambrosia!; or we take this crap seriously tsuwm 02/07/05 04:28 PM
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