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Fritz (I)
Fritz Kurzform von Friedrich
http://members.planeteer.com/~rsmith/phrases.htm
Fritz: a German
http://www.awm.gov.au/1918/soldier/fritz.htm
BOCHE, HUN, JERRY, FRITZ Various slang terms used by
Australians to describe a German soldier.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/christmas2001/story/0,11353,624655,00.html
"We marked the goals with our caps. Teams were quickly established
for a match on the frozen mud, and the Fritzes beat the Tommies 3-2".
Fritz (II)
Fritz Kurzform von Friedrich
http://www.bartleby.com/61/26/F0332600.html
Fritz NOUN Informal A condition in which something does not work
properly: Our television is on the fritz ETYMOLOGY Perhaps from German Fritz,
diminutive of the name Friedrich
http://members.planeteer.com/~rsmith/phrases.htm
Fritz: out of order e.g. "the washing machine is on the fritz"
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ucle/ucle13.html
"On the fritz" can be used to
describe something that is out of order or defective.
H
Heinrich
Heinrich althochdeutsch, hagan, umhegter Bezirk,
Hof, und richi, mächtig, Herrscher Hinrich männlicher Vorname
http://members.eunet.at/robb/rlgh.htm
Heinie,
Heinie, Heine n. from Hein, Heine, diminutive of Heinrich "Henry": [Slang] a German (soldier): term
of contempt used especially in World War I.
http://home.att.net/~hickorygrove/mystory1.htm
I was well aware of the war, and even my
crewcut at the time was called a heinie haircut – heinie being a derogatory
slang term for a German soldier.
http://wcuvax1.wcu.edu/~ds23676/jargones.html
Of the former ilk we find names for Germans
such as “Katzenjammer,” “Kraut” (for a traditional German dish, sauerkraut),
“Jerry,” and perhaps one of the more humorous names, “Heinie” (short for
Heinrich). Who knows? Perhaps this name is where we get the euphemism for a
person’s hindquarters.
