An attempted improvement that makes things worse than they already were. This is a very common German expression which has no good translation in English. It is pronounced "Fair-shleam-besser-oonk" (schlimmer = worse, besser = better).
The recent Facebook update is another Verschlimmbesserung.
by Victoria Caroline Anastasia II September 27, 2011
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