Word: hosenselbst
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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...your item under the head of Hosenselbständigkeitsgefühl [TIME, Jan. 5] . . . I have been delegated . . . to express admiration for the writer who understands the security of pants (Hosenselbständigkeit) and who deals with the subject with such deftness; but, on a vote taken, there was a protest against the writer's translation of the crisp word. We believe that it is better rendered as Confidence-in-your-pants-remaining-in-position -without -further-worry. A minority would substitute "panties" for "pants...
...Hosenselbständigkeifsgef...
...Stafford couldn't or didn't, but the Times had a word to offer. "Peace of mind," it said, "is virtually unattainable unless a man has what the psychologists call Hosenselbständigkeitsgefühl, or trouser confidence. The four freedoms are a hollow mockery if our braces are going to be bursting all the time...
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