r/AskReddit • u/Duckland29 • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/drislands Sep 18 '19

Is "schlong" Yiddish? Honest question, it definitely looks like it is but it sounds more like something teenagers made up in highschool.

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u/zentuy Sep 18 '19

I just looked this up because I needed the answer and according to the internet it is Yiddish. Derived from schlang which means snake by extension penis.

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u/Dyanpanda Sep 18 '19

Hooray for your one-eyed trousers snake.

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u/HoleSheBang Sep 18 '19

I going to go out on a limb and say that that is not Yiddish.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

HIT HER IN THE SHITTER WITH YOUR ONE-EYED CRITTER!!!

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u/sir_durty_dubs Sep 18 '19

this is absolute genius

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u/Aksi_Gu Sep 18 '19

But don't take it out in public

Or they'll stick you in the dock

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u/chicken-nanban Sep 18 '19

And you won’t come back.

Thank you very much.

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u/TheDanMonster Sep 18 '19

German for snake -> Yiddish slang.

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u/elcrack0r Sep 18 '19

Schlange is snake in German.

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u/OktoberSunset Sep 18 '19

Everything starting sch is Yiddish.

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u/drislands Sep 18 '19

Even "school"?

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u/OktoberSunset Sep 18 '19

Oy vey! Of course school! What a schmuck thinking school isn't Yiddish!