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to get shmushed

German translation: Die Haare/Die Frisur wurde/n zerknautscht.

01:49 Apr 18, 2001
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: to get shmushed
hair, hair-do

I don't believe it is a spelling mistake. Slang?
Vesna
German translation:Die Haare/Die Frisur wurde/n zerknautscht.
Explanation:
This would mean, the hair-do was "smushed", or ruined by something. i.e.: Her stylish hair-do was smushed by the rain.

HTH
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ChristinaT
Local time: 20:33
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Thanks a lot! 8-)
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naverknutscht
Alexander Schleber (X)
naDie Haare/Die Frisur wurde/n zerknautscht.
ChristinaT


  

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1 hr
verknutscht


Explanation:
That's the closest I can come to a German term. "verknutschen" would be to mess up by smooching (knutschen).
"shmushed" sounds like a typical New York Jewish choice of words, and it is a mixture of "mushed" (made into mush = Matsch) and the "sh" which may be a short form of "smoozing" or better still "smooching" (knutschen = kissing). That's what can happen to a hair-do when someone becomes too amorous.




    Years of living in Brooklyn, New York
Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 20:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1466

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Vesna Zivcic
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2 hrs
Die Haare/Die Frisur wurde/n zerknautscht.


Explanation:
This would mean, the hair-do was "smushed", or ruined by something. i.e.: Her stylish hair-do was smushed by the rain.

HTH


    bi-lingual; I have used both phrases in both languages
ChristinaT
Local time: 20:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot! 8-)

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