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Scumpire: "trashy Empire"?

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Grade I learned a sleek new English word: "scumpire".

It comes obviously from "scum" (scum) and "empire" (Reich).

It is intended to mean, well, that opens up by itself.

How could it mean in German?

"Trash empire"? "Schandreich"? "Schindreich"?