The Truth


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(myrtle_t_tyrtle, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:18, archived)

ipod?

( JustHere, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:20, archived)

what the hell does
zeitgeist mean? everyone uses it, but i have watermelon all idea of what it means
( ChaosTime The Fucking Moon Lord, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:20, archived)

time-spirit
it's one of those german words we havent got a word for, like doppleganger

It means basically spirit of the time - or things that are very much now

edited: to make a bit of sense
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:21, archived)

i see thank you
now get out more ~_^
( ChaosTime The Fucking Moon Lord, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:24, archived)

I do
unfortunatly some of the people on my degree also do sociology

they talk like that at times

most of the time they don't



no, you are right I need to get out more...save me someone
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:27, archived)

Zeit·geist (n)
The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation
( JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:22, archived)

Beat me to it
with the dictionary.com quote!
(myrtle_t_tyrtle, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:22, archived)

pah
you and your dictionaries


and your words



and your face


grrrr
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:24, archived)

and your music....

( ChaosTime The Fucking Moon Lord, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:24, archived)

www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=zeitgeist
( JustHere, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:22, archived)

time-spirit
the mood of the moment type o thing innit

edit: i'm so slow. schadenfreude is of course the best german-word-we-don't-have-a-translation-for
( hugo-a-gogo has no sig, the gayer, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:31, archived)

indeed it is

(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:36, archived)