Does any language have a word for this?

Factual Questions
#1

Inspired by this thread which contains a link to this site.

Is there a real word for “droitwich” in any language?

I’m looking at you, German.

#2

Hmm, I’m thinking that a better way to phrase that may have been:

Is there a word in any language that means the same thing as “droitwich”?

#3

I don’t know about a single English word for droitwich but the phrase I’ve always used is The Concrete Quadrille.

#4

German: Gehendertanzdesverlegenheitflures.
(I made that up.)

#5

Well, according to Cecil himself, it’s an “awkstep”.

#6

The Pavement Pavane?
The Sidewalk Shuffle?
The Walkway Waltz?

#7

The Corridor Cakewalk?
The Hallway Hotstep?

#8

Nah. It’s not long enough for a German word. :slight_smile:

#9

Thanks for this. I think I’m going to go with “avoidancing”. I was really hoping there’d be something in German or Norwegian or Icelandic though. Those guys have a word for everything.

#10

Wow. Following tanstaafl’s link I see I picked up the term Concrete Quadrille from The Master himself while I still was in college. I could never have guessed where I picked it up and thus a small bit of personal ignorance is vanquished.

#11

Thank you very much for that link! The first word that popped into my head was “shuggleftulation” and I was wondering where the hell that came from!