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[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Actually I think the root of it is "HKN KRZ", Hakenkreuz, aka Swastika. It was Nazis who came up with the format. There's also "NZS BXN", "box Nazis".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Box as in the Klychko brothers.

There's no real equivalent of "to punch" in German, usually you'd use "schlagen" but that means to beat in general. And then "Nazis boxen" is a Kangaroo thing.

Also you'd be hard-pressed to find box wine in Germany. Sangria, yes, but not wine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ima gonna take that as punch one in the face and enjoy a sangria

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Brandy pralines. It must be brandy pralines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You mean Nazis came up with something original? I'm very skeptical of that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It's not really new in the sense that it's the same ole "dress old symbols in new clothing to circumvent the ban on use of those symbols". I think the HKN KRZ thing came after Londsdale, the clothing producer, came down quite heavily on Nazis abusing their brand (If you take a Lonsdale shirt and wear a jacket over it says "nsda", only a "p" apart from what the Nazis want to wear). It's more craftiness, not really creative in the pure meaning of the word. Gollum is crafty, too.