[Lexicog] Digest Number 464

[Fritz Goerling]

Thanks to all those who have contributed examples in answer to my question,
 
Fritz Goerling
 
>Recently I  corresponded with someone on this list about the meaning of a
>>German ompound word following the pattern 'verb/noun + a first name as a
suffix,'
>> like: 
>
>> Zappelphilipp = a  boy who can't sit still
>> Laberheini = rambling person (Heini is short for  Heinrich)
>> Heulsuse = someone (man or woman) who cries a lot (Suse is short  for
>> Susanne) 
> Examples would be  "smoking Joe" (for
>> the boxer Joe Frazier), "studying Jesse," "peeping Tom,"  "doubting
Thomas",
>>  especially if they have "made it" to become common  expressions and are
>> included in the dictionary.
> 
>> Fritz  Goerling

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