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> The term has come into inflationary use by German-speaking media since 2010 to describe any clamour of outrage on the Internet, especially by posting and writ
by sjtrny 12y ago
> The term has come into inflationary use by German-speaking media since 2010 to describe any clamour of outrage on the Internet, especially by posting and writing in social media.
The first entry for shitstorm on urban dictionary is from 2003. Way before it became popular in the German media.
- darrhiggs 12y agoYeah, in the UK a cell phone is a mobile phone.
- nemetroid 12y agoJust to clarify, are you saying that the word "handy" is used to mean "mobile phone" in Australia?
- sjtrny 12y agoHah no. I misread the parent comment. I thought they meant as in "we have handy slang such as mobile phone".
- seven 12y ago> Nor is mobile phone. Germans do use the word 'handy' when referring to a mobile phone. To us, 'handy' sounds like it could be the actual English word for mobile phone. When we hear 'public viewing' we think of people watching soccer together outdoor on a big screen. And I guess that most of us first think of a laptop computer when we hear the word 'notebook'.
- redacted 12y agoI think they meant that "handy" is a slang word for mobile phone, as "beamer" is for projector. Shitstorm is definitely an English word though. Handy and beamer are both English words as well (so many words), although I doubt one would confuse projector technology with cricket terms!
- ginko 12y agoHandy is not a slang word. It's a regular part of the German language. http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Handy http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Handy