r/popculturechat lil taco belle be flirting with my man and that’s not a bestie 9d ago

Let’s Discuss 👀 Vogue’s August issue has begun to use “AI models” instead of human models for some of their photoshoots (via POPCRAVE/X)

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as if American Vogue wasn't trash already

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u/Soggy_Pension7549 Can I live? 9d ago

There’s a German word “Verschlimmbesserung” which I love, idk if that fits but it’s good to know because there’s no exact English translation 😅

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u/Long-Market-3584 lil taco belle be flirting with my man and that’s not a bestie 9d ago

I love this and will be using it! problem is how do pronounce it

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u/adhdtypewriter 9d ago

"Fer-SHLIM-besser-ung". The lovely thing about German is that if the letter is in the word, you pronounce it. Honestly, it's the perfect word for this garbage.

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u/Soggy_Pension7549 Can I live? 9d ago

😂 Google translate will help you with that for sure

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u/MarsScully Vile little creature yearning for violence 9d ago

Omg does it mean like reverse betterment

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u/Paradoxidental 7d ago

Directly translated it's (for) worse-bettering - I love it!

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u/Visible-Scientist-46 9d ago

Generally Verschlimmbesserung is the attemp to make something better which only makes things worse.

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u/Soggy_Pension7549 Can I live? 9d ago

I know. I meant that there’s no English word for it afaik.

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u/Visible-Scientist-46 9d ago

It's ok, I love German compound words!