Scherenschnittfiguren
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Of course the Germans have one word for it.
Scissor cut figures.
It's three words without the space inbetween, for efficiency.
We like efficiency. It's part of our mating rituals.
Exept with government or trains
It's important to leave some things up for criticism. That's also part of the mating display.
Criticism? Nah. Complaining
True, but it doesn't sound as romantic 💖
KRITISIEREN! >:(
Beschweren <3 :3
Motzen
It's literally scissorcutfigures. In German you can chain nouns together to make up more specific ones. Like Doppelkupplungsgetriebe. It's literally doubleclutchgearbox.
Its literally just 3 words chained without using spaces
Actually, it's a Scherenschnittfigurenpapiermenschenkette
Papiergirlande
Paper dolls.
Hm, not really, paper dolls are something else. Do an image search for that term. I think these are cutouts, or paper men
I don't know the English word for it actually
Three Days Grace - One-X
This is the right answer
Paper Dolls in English
"Guirnalda", or more specific "guirnalda de hombres de papel".
It sounds like french "guirlande" !
Damn, that sounds amazing.
No conocía la palabra. https://www.partypopdiy.com/2018/09/como-hacer-guirnaldas-de-papel-o.html?m=1
paper chain
🇵🇱 wycinanki, translates to "cutouts"
If they were to be referenced a bit more directly it would probably be like "papierowe ludziki" = paper people (diminutive)
I love your language! Polish is my favorite. I want to learn it but it's so hard.
Aye, it's tough alright. A single word can have so many differenf forms, some with entirely different meanings, it's insane.
Paperiukkoketju.
Paper dolls?
I don't know. Are you asking me?
I'm asking everyone. Idk.
Human snowflakeipede
Love the implication that this is, in fact, only one organism and not multiple.
Was gonna say "not anymore" to keep the joke going, but if you think about it, it's created as one and was never multiple to begin with. Huh, maybe we've needed to human centi-sleeve for the good of human unity all along??
Why snowflake ?
They always reminded me of paper snowflakes and I genuinely can't recall ever having a name for them... Maybe "people streamer" is what I would say if I ever had to describe them. Even that phrase feels made up on the spot lol
Pabapeber dobolls
Which language is it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbi_dubbi
(I'm sorry. I'm being a sarcastic asshole.)
So the english "langue de feu" !
*langage
Paper human chain or paper people chain
For those who don't see the image embedded, it's this cursed URL: https://s2.qwant.com/thumbr/474x184/4/1/6e8510687c330d38e894f4a419f5068153b7312148590f6fca6b18001404db/OIP.JY7AimVCBQ6lSbPAKajQCQHaC4.jpg?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.JY7AimVCBQ6lSbPAKajQCQHaC4%3Fpid%3DApi&q=0&b=1&p=0&a=0
Paper human chain or paper people chain
*What do you call this
Thanks. That is not the english help I was looking for but I will take it.
In Korean, 인간띠. translates to 'human band'
Pretty !
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