'Schottenfreude: German words for the human condition' by Ben Schott

German is full of wonderful compound words, so it is the obvious language with which to construct new terms for situations that have been crying out for nomenclature (but probably crying rather quietly, as the need for the word is only made evident by its provision (which point is interesting in itself)).            Witzbeharrsamkeit - Unashamedly repeating a bon mot until it is properly heard by everyone present.
           Scheidungskreidekreisprobe - The distribution of friends after a divorce.
           Frohsinnsfaschismus - The god-awful mediocrity of organised fun.
After you have read a page or two of this book you will start identifying situations that need such word, and, after a few pages more, you will start to provide them. 

Jan 2015