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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A dirty substance.


What do you call this one? Crud, gunk, dirt, or what?

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All of those look possible, though "dirt" seems least likely to me. The word I first thought of when I looked at the picture was "gunge".

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  • All of those look possible, though "dirt" seems least likely to me.
  • The word I first thought of when I looked at the picture was "gunge".
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All of those look possible, though "dirt" seems least likely to me. The word I first thought of when I looked at the picture was "gunge".
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onizo or what?
I can't tell what it is from the picture, nor what it is on.

"schmutz" comes to mind.

CJ
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CalifJim onizo or what?I can't tell what it is from the picture, nor what it is on."schmutz" comes to mind.CJ
There is no word schmutz in the dictionary, but *******, which is entirly differen meaning.
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onizoThere is no word schmutz in the dictionary,
I don't actually know the word at all, but at least one dictionary lists it:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/schmutz?r=66

It sounds characteristically Yiddish, and the source confirms that. Y
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Yiddish is the language of Jews who lived in Germanic areas of Europe. Its structure is slavic and its vocabulary is largely Germanic. "Schmutz" is a German word for dirt.
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GPYIt sounds characteristically Yiddish
Not surprising, but actually I learned schmutz (dirt) and schmutzig (dirty) in German class years ago, along with an amusing expression that has stuck with me since then. Du schmutzig Hund! (You dirty dog!)

I've heard other people (Americans) use schmutz as a word for yucky stuff of
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