abwimmeln.
to fob off, to get rid of a request, a caller, visitor etc., often by means of pretext
Meaning & usage
to fob off, to get rid of a request, a caller, visitor etc., often by means of pretext
Die Nachbarn wollten mich schon wieder zu ihrer Teerunde einladen, aber ich habe sie möglichst freundlich abgewimmelt.
Where this word comes from
19th century. Ostensibly from ab- (“off”) + wimmeln (“to teem, to move in a confused crowd”). The meaning could perhaps be understood as “to keep such a crowd away, move out of it”. However, a more satisfying interpretation as “to wave aside” can be based on cognate Low German wiëmeln, wemeln, which also has the sense “to wag, wave”. Compare German abwinken (“wave aside”), abwiegeln (“appease”), and especially Dutch afwimpelen (“fob off”), which (though derived from the noun wimpel) is both phonetically and semantically very close to the German form.
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