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Germansplaining

Well-known cultural phenomenon in Europe in which a German-thinking individual (usually from Germany, Austria, or Switzerland) that you may have never interacted with before notices something distressing and promptly steps out of their comfort zone to 'help' , by systematically lecturing you on all the things that you are doing wrong about your life and all the things that you should and are not doing.

A non-verbal form of Germansplainin is also known as the GLOD (German Look of Disapproval)
"Some old man started Germansplaining to me while I was walking down the street"
"What did he tell you?"
"I don't know, I don't speak German"
Germansplaining by xp93 February 24, 2019
A group of people living mostly in Germany, the beaches of Southern Spain and Pennsylvania. They are great at pretty much everything, and have invented most technical gear you own or would like to own.

Being an awesome nation, a short Austrian named Hitler managed to make these good-humored people think they were the master race. This soon turned out to be false, and to this day, Germans travel the globe apologizing profusely for ever believing that crap.

Germans are known to be great lovers, although they often dress poorly and sometimes sport moustaches. That's why Karl Lagerfeld pretends to be French. As a rule of thumb, Germans posses the inverse skill set of the English, who suck at everything except wearing really, really, really groovy clothes and writing catchy pop songs.

Famous Germans include Beethoven, Wagner, the Scorpions, Einstein, Luther, Boris Becker, Kant, Milli Vanilli and most British Royalty. Ahmadinejad and Tom Cruise secretly want to be German, but they can't.
Your mum: Look at these guys, they are building a great car. Are they Japanese?

You: No, doh. They are tall and handsome, so obviously they are Germans. Let's go and nag them about the holocaust. (they walk over)

Hans: Ve are so sorry about what happened...
Fritz: Sorry.
Germans by Kurt von Kraut December 2, 2009

Before Ze Germans Get here 

(Idiom) You are working too slow.

The base is rather obviously World War Two, and the source is southern Britain, flooded by fleeing French with a Ze accent. The term was used by British towards French to make them work faster so there was a hope of liberation.
Come on Pierre, before ze germans get here we need that milk crate!

the Hoff and the Germans 

David Hasselhoff was one of the artists who performed on the stage of the big party in Berlin, back in the days the berlin wall - and with it the iron curtain - felt. Since then, the Hoff is a cult icon in Germany.
His song "i am looking for freedom" is still asociated with this happening and its zeitgeist.
Most germans know that its trashy kitsch kult about him, they take it with a smile.
part its a little bit like that chuck norris thing, part it's the remember of the night the divided country became one nation again.
David Hasselhoff wore black leather and drove a speaking computer-car. He was like MADE for the German audience of '89.
thats the tale of the Hoff and the Germans
Deragotory description of another person's belated observation or contribution to the conversation or thread, indicating that their observation is 'old news' despite they're thinking it's 'new news.' Etiology: Belushi's character (Bluto) asks, " Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" to which Otter questions Boon, "Germans?" Boon responds "Forget it, he's on a roll."
Posting a link to a news story 2 - 3days old which has already been discussed ad nauseum: Brittany Spears may not be a good role model .. That so Germans.
Germans by LSUs Fat Man February 1, 2009

zi germans 

The phrase that Turkish uses in Snatch moovie.
-Why do you need that gun?
- Fo protection...
- protection from what, zi germans?
zi germans by superflyingbastard February 2, 2009
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