Good grief! That rascally Evil George, thinking anyone wants to learn French. Who ever uses that dead language? Ugh, anyway, last time we met, we learned some rude German slang, with promises of more. Well, I’m nothing if not sporadically true to my word.  03/06/08 
Tom Kaulitz. Frequently rude, frequently HILARIOUS. So, yes, rude phrases and words. Mostly juvenile, of course, but sometimes there’s no better way to make your point. I don’t want to encourage you to go over to Germany, find a local politician or clergyman, and begin shouting these terms at him or her. However, should you decide to embark on such a venture, I might just give you $5 for video of the event and the story of your subsequent incarceration. (Kidding! …Or am I?) "Das geht dich einen feuchten Dreck an!" - (Dahs gate deesh eye-nin fuhsh-ten dreck ahn!) "That’s none of your goddamn business!" Wow! This is an aggressive response you may give when someone is butting into your business, trying to wheedle out personal information, or in the case of Tom, pretty much any question he would ask of you. "gamsig" - (gahm-zeeg) horny, looking to get some Wow, this is looking kind of Tom themed, isn’t it? Much like our favorite randy guitarist’s default setting, someone who describes himself as gamsig has a pretty specific goal in mind, and it doesn’t involve skipping through daisy fields hand-in-hand. "jemandem in den Hintern kriechen" - ( je-mahn-dem in den hint-urn kree-chen)someone who sucks up, a brown-noser. Der Hintern refers to the rear end, and kriechen literally translates to “creepage” so…um, yeah. You’re kind of accusing someone else of creeping up the rear end of someone else. Pretty nice mental images there, eh? "die Jungfrau (-en)" - (dee yung-frow (-ehn)) the virgin (s) Ha! I told you this update was Tom-centric! Ah, I kid, I kid. The kid is a stud, obviously. *cough* Anywho, I suppose the insult level in this depends on the victim’s views of virginity as negative, but that’s a whole other can of worms. "Kamel (-e)" - ( camel (eh)) fathead (s) Literally, this is the German word for camel, but it’s been adapted to slang over time. If you’ve ever looked at a camel, you know their heads are disgustingly fat and over-sized compared to the rest of them, which is where the insult correlation stems from. Those poor creatures are truly Nature’s cruel joke. So comparing someone to a camel is basically telling them you think they’re a monstrous freak, very likely hooved as well. "Leck mich!" - (lehk meesh!) Kiss my ass! F*ck you! Another pretty vulgar retort to throw out there at others. So vulgar, in fact, that I wussed out and used the asterisk o’doom up there. But you get the idea. It’s a heavy one, and will get across your displeasure with another person fairly clearly. 
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