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Re:Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness'... by grkvlt on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:26PM (#11473370)
> torschlusspanik

What an awesome word! TIL that it's German for 'gate-shut-panic', [1] or 'fear that time is running out' apparently. Literally the feeling that medieval peasants had when the castle gates were closing for an upcoming onslaught by enemies.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Torschlusspanik

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Re:Online Dating and the Death of the 'Mixed-Attractiveness'... by gohrt on Monday April 11, 2016 @04:52PM (#11474990)
Interesting, because the modern usage is more from the perspective of the onslaughting invaders, panicking that the gate may close before they arrive.
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