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German
Etymology
Respelling after verschissen (“shitty”). Rose to media attention when it was used on the ribbon of a wreath laid down by the SPD branch of Mülheim an der Ruhr on Volkstrauertag 2019. This was later explained – plausibly or not – as an “honest” malapropism by a florist. At any rate, the form is attested earlier and had also been somewhat current in left-wing circles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): , ,
- Per se not audibly different from Faschismus, since the distinction between and is very frail. Optionally, it can be expressed by using the form in (which is a more formal alternative pronunciation of ver-).
Noun
Verschissmus m (strong, genitive Verschissmus, plural Verschissmen)
- (informal, humorous, derogatory) Alternative spelling of Faschismus (“fascism”)
2005 , Kurt Schwaen, Stufen und Intervalle, Die Blaue Ente, page 228:»Als Kurt Schwaen studierte, mußte er wegen des Hitlerverschißmus abbrechen. […] «- “When Kurt Schwaen was studying, he had to drop out because of Hitler’s fuckscism. ”
2018, Thorsten Palzhoff, Nebentage, Fischer:Über dem Hauseingang, aus dem wir eben gekommen waren, stand in riesigen roten Buchstaben: NIE WIEDER VERSCHISSMUS NAZIS RAUS! »Alles besetzte Häuser«, sagte Nica.- Above the entrance of the building we had just come out of, there was a sign in huge red letters: NEVER AGAIN FUCKSCISM, NAZIS OUT! “All squatted houses”, said Nica.