• Ooops@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        It’s actually quite easy to correct, so why not mention it?

        Make that “moving goal post war” a “goal post movement war” and now it’s all nouns and valid to compound them.

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          German…Grammer…Nazi…

          Sir, this is a Noncredible Wendy’s, not a Highly Credible Outback Steakhouse.

    • Turun@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      This is wrong. That would describe a certain type of war, but specify that the war is movable.

      I think the “Torpfostverschiebekrieg” mentioned in another comment would be the best solution.

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      But surely wouldn’t that imply the existence of such thing as a ‘goal post war’? Because the term is meant to mean ‘(moving goal post) (war)’, and not ‘(moving) (goal post war)’

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      1 year ago

      On the other hand in Finnish that’s can be one word: maalitolpansiirtosota. No sense implied.