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A German thing

A German thing is something that is complicated in a way that doesn't make sense. And When Germans start it explaining, you get lost because they are talking something in a way that they believe it's smart and clever you need just to think hard to grasp it but in reality they are just shitting around.

There are synonyms, too:
German thing = Beurocracy,
German thing = "Scientific" paper writing to get funds
German thing = online meetings, at least 5 meetings per day, when no one really knows why they do that
German thing = no one's responsibility

A German thing can be generalized and can be used to describe unclear/don't get your head around thing

Stay away from being caught in it, mate, pretty shitty thing!
- Azure AD Administrator <> Azure RBAC role, but you can manage both Azure roles and Azure AD roles through PIM.
- So PIM administrator can do everything, right?
- No, not by default, but it can be used to gain wide access, depending on how it's configured.
- How's that?
- They can elevate or assign users (including themselves) into high-level roles that could give access to everything, if not restricted.
- "if not restricted"?!
- ...
- So, that's a German thing.
- Yes!
by rok66 July 6, 2025
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German roulette

Engaging in some kind of ass play (traditionally with fingers) with someone without knowing whether there is shit in their rectum.
So did you do anything with Jacques last night?

Yeah… Played some German roulette… I lost and had to wash my hands for like an hour afterwards.
by Little Flame July 3, 2021
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German

A bunch of people who fight over whether Nutella is a male or female item.
Person A: “Did you see that German over there?”
Person B: “Yeah! They were trying to kill someone because they couldn’t agree on the gender of Nutella.”
by enustah July 24, 2021
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german captain

When a man consumes his own ejaculation.
When my wife and I have sex, I German Captain in my own mouth.
by kittnclaw September 2, 2014
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german hotplate

german hotplate is a gang initiation in which the women must commit sexual acts with five or six dogs and after wrap her face in plastic wrap and smudge around in dog feces getting it all up in her hair she then has to act as if her shit don't stink and all the men want her
dashque wasn't given a choice on wanting the join the gang they forced her a german hotplate
by sanxity June 11, 2019
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Pull a german

To fail at something you're supposed to be good at
'Did you see how spain pulled a german against russia in the world cup?'

'A team like argentina should never ever pull a german against france'
by SteenTNS July 1, 2018
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west german

"stop being west german."
by AK - 0 September 24, 2022
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