German Word of the Week: Vokuhila

This one is hilarious, and it’s really more of an abbreviation than a word. It stands for “vorne, kurz; hinten, lang,” which describes a mullet. The funny part is I’ve been wondering for weeks what the German word for mullet was (why, you ask? Who knows? Some combination of discussing hockey with people and being from New Mexico). Then, our course instructor today just came out with the word in a discussion of a textbook blurb about things that schliefgeht or “go sideways,” e.g., bad haircuts….