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Backpfeifengesicht (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2015
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)1. I agree. n/t
Laffy Kat
(16,391 posts)2. So much for wanting lunch.
Your post should have a graphic warning.
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)3. Does your thread title mean "dickhead" in German?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,224 posts)4. Not quite.....
http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/TWIG__WoW/2014/23-Backpfeifengesicht.html
Do you ever look at someone and feel like punching them in the face? Well, Germans have a unique word for that face: a Backpfeifengesicht -- a face that's badly in need of a fist.
This is one of those strange words that's uniquely German with no English equivalent. The word Backpfeife means "punch/slap" (on the cheek/face) and Gesicht means "face". The word Backpfeifengesicht therefore means something along the lines of "a face that's begging to be slapped" - or punched. Or hurt. You get the picture.
We're sure you know someone with a Backpfeifengesicht - someone you just can't get through to without a good punch or a slap.
Maybe it's your mortal enemy. Maybe it's someone with a stupid grin that you'd like to wipe off that face. Maybe it's a person who tells insulting jokes that make others cry. Or maybe it's someone whose face you just can't stand, for whatever reason. To you, that face is in need of a fist - and you're thinking about giving it one.