Shall we invite this word?
Featured in the Independent today: the deeply pleasing German word Torschlusspanik, defined as 'the moment when everyone rushes for the door at once'. Perhaps this was de-italicised years ago and is being used by one and all and I just didn't notice (one more proof, if proof were needed, of the value of getting out more). If not, why not? It's clearly a marvellous word and I see no reason why German should keep it to itself. Would like to hear from anybody who hears it in conversation today - and points for finding a way to use it in a sentence!
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