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Duennbrettbohrer

Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Duennbrettbohrer.

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Admittedly, it takes a lot of effort to drill all the way through a really thick board. But life isn't just made up of thin boards waiting to be taken care of in a snap before enjoying a cold beer or taking a nap -- even if some people seem to think so. Those people, the so-called "Duennbrettbohrer" (literally, thin-board drillers), are the ones who like to cut corners and take the easy road instead of investing a lot of energy. But in the end they're just left with a pile of sawdust in their lap.