Backfisch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

German Backfisch literally ‘fish for frying’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'bækfɪʃ/

Noun

backfisch (pl backfische)

1. a teenage or late-adolescent girl

   • 1955: I knew, of course, it was but an innocent game on her part, a bit of backfisch foolery in imitation of some simulacrum of fake romance… (Nabokov, Lolita)

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