MONDAY MOOD BOARD – Affenhitze
That’s what we had the past week: eine Affenhitze! English words just don’t do it justice. ‘A scorcher’ doesn’t sound half as fun, puzzling, and exhausting as ‘monkey heat’, and ‘sweltering heat’ does describe it nicely, but sounds a bit stiff.
I always wondered where that expression originated. There does not seem to be an explanation other than that ‘Affe’ is a popular term to exaggerate or depreciate a word. Like ‘affengeil’, which means ‘supercool’ or ‘wicked’.
Stuffed Monkey by CrochetAndi
Red and Purple Feather Earrings by StillTreeJewellery
Funny Monkey Photo by mireiferrephoto
Red Fused Glass Bowl by Spleodar
To see other Mood Boards by members of the European Street Team on etsy, please visit Star of the East’s blog! Stay cool, everyone!
we have monkey heat:))
I totally relate, monkey heat pretty much describes it.
let’s hope this week it will be a bit cooler
aleka
yeah, but then we would complain about the cold
amazing selection!
http://www.wetter.net says that it probably came from Berlin. At the end of the 19th century the monkey house in Berlin Zoo was really hot. So they said it’s heat like in the monkey pen which is in German: Hitze wie im Affenstall. Later on they shortened to “Affenhitze”.
It’s really cold in Uk? Can we do a weather exchange????
oh thank you for looking up that information!
*sending a basket of heat waves and sun rays*
Great mood! Lucky you, having a heatwave – it’s been cold and rain here