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German
Interjection
pockmas
- (nonstandard, uncommon) let's go; let's start
2003, M. Lang, Kommissar Scherholm macht Urlaub, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 220:
2007 April 8, 1X2Willows, “Re: Oster-Chat”, in ch.soc.politics (Usenet):Na denn mal los oder Pockmas!, wie die Bayuvaren so schelmisch sagen wenn sie in guter Laune sind.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2009, Johannes Zuber, “Vermögendenpartei(ÖVP): Mindestsicherung unter Armutsgrenze”, in at.gesellschaft.politik (Usenet):
Usage notes
- Originates from Bavarian "pock mr's" and is mainly used in southern Germany. "Let's start" is also often depicted as "pockmas oa", which literally means "let's tackle this". The latter can also be used as a question, asking whether (we) should tackle it.