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Re:Brad Cox has died by lucb1e on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:34PM (#25877734)
For the other Dutch/German people out there confused at what Mensch means other than 'human', dictionary says: "a person of integrity and honor" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mensch)
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Re:Brad Cox has died by js2 on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:44PM (#25877821)
Yes, but it also carries the connotation of being the highest complement you can say about someone. I don't use the word lightly. It's Yiddish in this context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch

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Re:Brad Cox has died by DonnieP on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:50PM (#25877885)
German derivation, of course, but the American English usage is more particularly Yiddish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch).
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