# I'm trying to think of a word

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**Created:** [April 19, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-think-of-a-word/718024 "2015-04-19T04:01:34Z")\
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Just spotted this one, in German, in the nearby thread about silly euphemisms:

> [@Suggest a Humorous Euphemism (kid-friendly too, please!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861/47):
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> \*Rotzlöffel \*(it actually means an annoyingly know-it-all young person who is still wet behind the ears; literally translates as “snot-spoon”)

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