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-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.
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so what does a lexicographer do, anyways?
tsuwm 02/03/2005 12:16 AM ![]()
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Jackie 02/03/2005 2:11 AM ![]()
plunderbund, cont.
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Faldage 02/06/2005 10:47 AM ![]()
Ah! Ambrosia!; or we take this crap seriously
tsuwm 02/07/2005 4:28 PM
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