new german word!

So, last night at Stammtisch, karen and i were sitting in the pub, hanging out with the kids, talking about random things, and Karen brought up the fact that she's afraid to go to the barber's because she's not sure how to ask for what she wants. (I share a similar fear, we will get to this!) So she asked one of our kids how to ask for a little trim off the ends, and was told how to order it. They then started talking abt me and the mane i have going on at the moment, and i expressed similar fears to karen's. Being that Germans tend to have "interesting" hairstyles, i was worried that i'd end up with a multicolored haircut with different-length chunks all over my head, or a mullet. I got several quizzical brows after that comment, and they told me i had to clarify "mullet." So, i described it to them, and the entire table cracked up. They don't have one word for it, in typical german fashion, so, instead, it is called "vorne-kurz, hinten-lang," or VOKUHILA. <--new german word. literally translated, this means: short front, long back, or: business in the front, party in the back!

so yes, new german word for the day.

enjoy!

-s