Putzmeister
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Putz: literally, a diminutive form of penis; a prick. Used, as we do in English to describe a nasty, unlikable man. A putz generally has no real power, except to make your life miserable or at least unpleasant, often in a passive-aggressive way. See also Shmuck.
www.bubbygram.com/yiddishglossary.htm
-meister n. suffix
“master” often slang or humorous, one who is renowned for, has expertise in, or is a connoisseur of, for example angstmeister, cartelmeister, chatmeister, dietmeister, dramameister, grungemeister, mediameister, schlockmeister, shlockmeister, spinmeister, talkmeister, wordmeister [< German Meister < Middle High German meister < Old High German meistar < Latin magister "chairman, leader, teacher"].
This thing squirt liquid concrete.
germanenglishwords.com/rlgm.htm
1958: Karl Schlecht founds KS-Maschinenbau in Germany, eventually renamed Putzmeister (plaster master).
www.putzmeister.com/about/company_milestones/index.cfm
