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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: bilingual coinage #45455 10/21/2001 12:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London It presumably derives from Nietzsche's Übermensch, which in English became known as Superman. (Was Shaw the first to use Superman in English, or were there translations of Nietzsche before him?) Freud then coined the term über-ich, Englished as super-ego. The use of über in English seems to me to be a geeky or subculture thing: someone might be described as an über-geek or indeed an über-babe. (Members of one site I use include Uberfetus and Ubermeme.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bilingual coinage wwh 10/20/2001 5:57 PM Re: bilingual coinage plutarch 10/21/2001 12:46 AM Re: bilingual coinage Rouspeteur 10/21/2001 10:41 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/21/2001 9:27 AM Re: bilingual coinage NicholasW 10/21/2001 12:07 PM Re: bilingual coinage wwh 10/21/2001 2:01 PM uber undertones plutarch 10/21/2001 2:54 PM Re: uber undertones wwh 10/21/2001 4:25 PM uber the top! plutarch 10/22/2001 12:09 AM Re: uber the top! wwh 10/22/2001 12:48 AM Re: uber the top! plutarch 10/22/2001 2:45 AM Re: bilingual coinage Jazzoctopus 10/21/2001 2:07 PM Re: bilingual coinage wwh 10/21/2001 2:41 PM Re: bilingual coinage Faldage 10/22/2001 2:28 PM Re: bilingual coinage Capital Kiwi 10/22/2001 5:03 AM Re: bilingual coinage wwh 10/22/2001 2:31 PM uber-onics plutarch 10/22/2001 7:56 PM Re: uber-onics wwh 10/22/2001 8:33 PM Re: GBS plutarch 10/23/2001 2:31 PM Love, love, love Sparteye 10/23/2001 11:10 PM Re: Love, love, love wwh 10/23/2001 11:55 PM Re: Love, love, love Keiva 10/24/2001 12:28 AM Re: bilingual coinage Faldage 10/22/2001 2:41 PM Tres chic plutarch 10/23/2001 3:50 PM Re: Tres chic wwh 10/23/2001 5:39 PM Re: Tres chic Keiva 10/23/2001 6:46 PM Re: Tres a propos plutarch 10/23/2001 6:50 PM Re: Tres chic rodward 10/24/2001 11:10 AM Weaseling out of words plutarch 10/24/2001 7:39 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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