TIL: VorfΓΌhreffekt, which means β€œthe phenomenon that something stops working when you try to show it to somebody else”. The Germans really do have a word for everything.
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Replying to @alexwlchan @pwaring
Isn't that just standard German portmanteau word formation for 'Demo Effect' ?

Mar 7, 2021 Β· 12:47 PM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone @alexwlchan @pwaring
Yup. The question arises whether a word is defined by the components it is made up of or what the dictionary entry for it would state. It's just that you usually don't get a dictionary entry for multiword constructs in English due to spaces, which is more of a quirk, if anything.