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Bavarian
Etymology
From Schnaps (“booze”) + Idee (“idea”). Akin to German Schnapsidee.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnapsidee f
- An impractical idea which seems brilliant when one is drunk.
2012, Roman Riegler, Die Sozialisation zur Kontrollüberzeugung unter dem Genderaspekt, a Masterarbeit which contains an Interviewtranskript, page 164:[…] dass i mi dann wirklich entschieden hab, den ah des Auslandsjohr zu machen, woa im Prinzip a a Schnapsidee, allerdings koa negativ gmante, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Schnǫ́psidę́”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
German
Etymology
Schnaps + Idee
Pronunciation
Noun
Schnapsidee f (genitive Schnapsidee, plural Schnapsideen)
- An idea that seems clever/brilliant at first but turns out to be stupid on second thought.
2021 April 7, Ralf Sotscheck, “Neue schottisch-nordirische Verbindung: Viel Rummel um Tunnel”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Aber in den beiden Ländern, die verbunden werden sollen, ist man skeptisch. Eine Schnapsidee, findet die nordirische Ministerin für Infrastruktur, Nichola Mallon, von der Sozialdemokratischen Partei.- However, there is skepticism in both of the countries which shall be connected. The Northern Irish Minister for Infrastructure, Nichola Mallon from the Social Democratic and Labour Party, considers this a Schnapsidee.
Declension
Declension of Schnapsidee