@Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
Post #1133161
2026-03-11 13:39 UTC
Then better use burgerbrained (which doesn't seem like a portmanteau to me btw), avoids possible confusion with the existing word.
"Normalbürger" in German-based languages just means "average citizen" in a completely neutral way.
So not what you have been going for.
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@boboblaw@hexbear.net 2026-03-11 17:27
Bürger has the same root as bourgeois, and Wiktionary lists "bourgeois" as a definition of the German word (besides "citizen"). The portmanteau in English is presumably not derived in the same way. It's a reference to the favorite American treat found at cultural landmarks such as McDonalds. Only tangentially related to the German thru Hamburg -> Hamburger sandwich -> Cheeseburger It's likely closer to normal+burgerreicher or normal+burgerlander.