hackleschmackle

[Mark Mandel]

Nice, esp. as a potential etymon of "hackleschmackle", with possible
influence from "hack" (hack up, hack job).

m a m

On Jan 5, 2008 3:21 PM, Erik Hoover <grinchy at grinchy.com> wrote:

> My messages are coming out of order, I only see the RE: part of this
> thread, so I don't know what sort of speakers are using
> hackleshmackle, but my wife's maternal grandmother [German parents,
> lifelong New Jersey resident] used an expression that I would write
> out as 'schlachmachel'.
>
> With my limited and somewhat formal German, I interpreted this as
> 'badly done' cf. schlecht+machen
>
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > At 1/4/2008 08:17 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> >> I understood it right away. 'Messed up', +/-. Maledited.
> >
> > My similar understanding came from "hack" and "smack" -- and the
> > reduplication.
> >
> > Joel
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