Schreiberling

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German

Etymology

Schreiber +‎ -ling

Noun

Schreiberling m (strong, genitive Schreiberlings, plural Schreiberlinge)

  1. (derogatory) scribbler, hack (untalented writer)
    • 2024 January 12, “Peter Sloterdijk verlässt Verein Deutsche Sprache”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:
      Sie schrieb von »deutschem Mainstreamjournalismus«, bei dem »linksextreme Schreiberlinge (...) mit staatlicher Förderung hirnlosen Quatsch voneinander abschrieben« und empfahl eine »Remigration« an »Ausbildungsstätten, die ihnen ideologiebefreit die Grundlagen ihres Handwerks beibringen«.
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