today in intriguing german loanwords:
schlimmbesserung • a so-called improvement that makes things worse
off the top of my head: scrolling on osx lion, how my dad now puts a bar of bitter chocolate into his famous bunkhouse chili, 3d movies, my new van dyke beard, the effects of botox, the new budweiser identity, et cetry, et cetry.
what falls on your schlimmbesserung list?
