alt Hacker NewsAs a German, I might not have thought of that but would absolutely use it to translate Verschlimmbesserung. Does it sound "normal" enough to native English speakers?
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clbrmbr • today at 6:45 PM
It's totally plausible portmanteau. I get the feeling thought that it sounds more marked in English than in German where these kind of mashups are formed more freely.
inanutshellus • today at 6:29 PM
It's definitely a normal-sounding, memorable word for us native English speakers.
Meanwhile I won't be able to remember that German word longer than it takes me to close this tab. Vershumthingsomething.
groestl • today at 6:29 PM
Thumbs up, let's settle on that translation
arjan_sch • today at 6:24 PM
I'm Dutch, sounds pretty good to me
The sibling post's "disimprovement" sounds more natural and has parallel form with pre-existing broadly accepted English words like "disincentive" and "disinfect".