The German publisher Langenscheidt declared smombie as the Youth Word of the Year for 2015. A portmanteau of the German borrowings smartphone and zombie, Smombie denotes someone so absorbed in their small, glowing screen that they’re oblivious...
When you pick up a book of poems, how many do you read in one sitting? Some people devour several in a row, while others savor them much more slowly. Plus, it’s a problem faced by politicians and public speakers: When you have to stand in...
Merkel-Raute, or Merkel rhombus, describes what German Chancellor Angela Merkel does with her hands in public. She holds her fingers together and pointing down, with thumbs touching, making a small parallelogram in front of her belly. Asked about...