Answer by ralphie boy for Origin, usage and meaning of "Wischiwaschi"
According to my moldy old dictionary I keep under the couch, "1. watery; insipid; thin 2. a) weak; feeble b) vacillating; indecisive"I think it's much more of stretch to say that the German phrase is...
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The meanings in the two languages are similar enough so that I suspect that the difference in meanings stem from cultural factors.German is a "philosophical" language/culture, which is to say that it...
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According to this page and this book, it's a composite of Wisch (colloquial for "Schriftstück" = document) and Wasch (another word for "schwätzen" = babble).WischiwaschiDas Wort bedeutet soviel wie:...
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In colloquial German we sometimes see "Wischiwaschi" which was used since the 19th Century.In "Der Misogyn" Lessing wrote in 1748:Wumshäter (zur Laura.) Da, sieh einmal, wie verwirrt du ihn gemacht...
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