Is "kitsch" really just Polish for "shit"?

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If so, I'm going to be in a world of hurt.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

you're in deep kitsch

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I would've thought Yiddish, rather than Polish, but I'm not 100% on that.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

you can't Polish shit

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Kitsch is a beautiful word, it's a beautiful word, it's a beautiful lull-a-BY!

― Barry Ryan, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i thought it was german for 'rubbish', but it cd be both.

― enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

kitsch is not a polish word.

― Eisbär, ILX Polack in Chief (llamasfur), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Google came up with this:

"There are different explanations for the origins of the word Kitsch. Some say it is derived from the English word 'sketch', but is more likely from the old German word 'verkitschen', to sell off. What is certain is that the word kitsch is of German origin. It first came into daily use around 1900 in Munich, and from there made its way into international usage along with Weltschmerz, Zeitgeist, Angst and Wanderlust."

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:44 (twenty-two years ago)

stevem is fired.

― ALlyzay, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

from a canon

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Kitsch is the absolute denial of shit.

― Milan Kundera (Mary), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:51 (twenty-two years ago)

anyway, the polish words (note the plural) for "shit" are "gówno" and "srac".

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Where in the world (ie, international usage) is 'Weltschmerz' used, and WTF does it mean?

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)

roughly, the pain of the world

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 27 November 2003 13:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Marcello speakth the accepted truth. Though its often harder to define what isn't kitsch.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 27 November 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

gówno

LOL

― Eisbaer, Saturday, 28 June 2008 06:33 (seventeen years ago)

Dragon Writing Prompts :: Wikipedia’s list of fictional expletives

― snoball, Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:08 (seventeen years ago)

that is a thing of beauty.

Bitchcakes! It caught on!

― kenan, Saturday, 28 June 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)

kitsch is not a polish word.

-- Eisbär, ILX Polack in Chief (llamasfur), Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:37 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

― warmsherry, Saturday, 28 June 2008 21:21 (seventeen years ago)

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