schtroumpf

In their English-language animated appearances they could be cloyingly cute, but in French they were spared this fate by their language, marked by an incessant use of the invented word schtroumpf, employed as noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and interjection.

languagehat.com: PATAPOUFS! ANTHROPOPHAGES! 2004

In their English-language animated appearances they could be cloyingly cute, but in French they were spared this fate by their language, marked by an incessant use of the invented word schtroumpf, employed as noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and interjection.

Smurfs in French Jenny Davidson 2004

In their English-language animated appearances they could be cloyingly cute, but in French they were spared this fate by their language, marked by an incessant use of the invented word schtroumpf, employed as noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and interjection.

Archive 2004-06-01 Jenny Davidson 2004

Anyway, he said that the use of the word "schtroumpf" began when Peyo had just begun drawing them, and was engulfed by the universe and adventures of the smurfs.

languagehat.com: PATAPOUFS! ANTHROPOPHAGES! 2004

Truc or chose became neutral from exposure, but schtroumpf subliminally spoke to the unconscious; its surface strangeness could make it mean things that the child's mind does not yet know but can imagine with tantalizing vagueness.

Archive 2004-06-01 Jenny Davidson 2004

Truc or chose became neutral from exposure, but schtroumpf subliminally spoke to the unconscious; its surface strangeness could make it mean things that the child's mind does not yet know but can imagine with tantalizing vagueness.

Smurfs in French Jenny Davidson 2004

What schtroumpf highlighted was the ability of such dummy words to suggest words prohibited from writing or speech, regardless of the fact that the actual words schtroumpf was substituting for were always clear from context.

languagehat.com: PATAPOUFS! ANTHROPOPHAGES! 2004

What schtroumpf highlighted was the ability of such dummy words to suggest words prohibited from writing or speech, regardless of the fact that the actual words schtroumpf was substituting for were always clear from context.

Archive 2004-06-01 Jenny Davidson 2004

Truc or chose became neutral from exposure, but schtroumpf subliminally spoke to the unconscious; its surface strangeness could make it mean things that the child's mind does not yet know but can imagine with tantalizing vagueness.

languagehat.com: PATAPOUFS! ANTHROPOPHAGES! 2004

What schtroumpf highlighted was the ability of such dummy words to suggest words prohibited from writing or speech, regardless of the fact that the actual words schtroumpf was substituting for were always clear from context.

Smurfs in French Jenny Davidson 2004