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[challenge entry] The Truth

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(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:18, archived)
# ipod?
(, 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
(, 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
(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:21, archived)
# i see thank you
now get out more ~_^
(, 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
(, 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
(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:22, archived)
# Beat me to it
with the dictionary.com quote!
(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:22, archived)
# pah
you and your dictionaries


and your words



and your face


grrrr
(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:24, archived)
# and your music....
(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:24, archived)
#
(, 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
(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:31, archived)
# indeed it is

(, Sat 20 Dec 2003, 13:36, archived)