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A building (often of little or no value to the proprietor) constructed with the sole purpose of harassing or inconveniencing his neighbor in some way.

Remember when we told you about the crazy neighbor who built a 16-foot-high wall just to annoy the person living next to him? That's an example of a "Neidbau," a word that in German represents a very special and intense flavor of dickbaggery so potent it comes at the expense of the dickbag. It translates to "envy building," and, honestly, if a guy constructs an entire building just to say "Screw you," how can you not be flattered by that?

Apparently this happens so frequently that the Germans not only made a word for it, they actually had to create laws against it. After all, even among neighbors who can't sink a half million bucks into pissing off the guy next door who rehearses in his garage with a Creed cover band, they can still celebrate a much smaller, subtler form of Neidbau with smaller projects like fences. People do it all over suburbia -- neighbors will build "spite fences" just to rob the guy next door of his view of the sunset with a Brandenburg Gate of neighborly hate. Sometimes it's the simple pleasures in life that make it all worthwhile. -- http://www.cracked.com/



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Re: Neidbau: a German word that the English language desperately needs
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2012, 10:25:48 AM »
He he, mahimuot man lang pud ta aning mga alimango... ;D



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Re: Neidbau: a German word that the English language desperately needs
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2012, 01:37:48 AM »
a neidbau of a plant is one...



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Re: Neidbau: a German word that the English language desperately needs
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2012, 02:12:37 AM »
a neidbau graffiti (that should face your pet peeve of a neighbor)...



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Re: Neidbau: a German word that the English language desperately needs
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2012, 07:30:32 AM »
Hmm, not Neidbau enough, if you ask me. The cool kitty, especially... 8)



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