Schottenfreude is a unique must-have dictionary complete with newly coined words that explore
the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language can. Ever thought There should be a
German word for that? Well thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott's Original
Miscellany now there is. In what other language but German could you construct le mot juste
for a secret love of bad foods the inability to remember jokes Sunday-afternoon depression
the urge to yawn the glee of gossip reassuring your hairdresser delight at the changing of
the seasons the urge to hoard or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow? A beguiling ideal
gift book for the Gelehrte or anyone on your list-just beware of rapidly expanding (and
potentially incomprehensible) vocabularies.
