Früheankunftfreude: Difference between revisions

Originally it referred to a penitent’s beatific sensation of being first into the cold bath (also “''[[Kaltenudelnaufhaut]]''” the feeling of cold spaghetti on exposed flesh), but in modern vernacular its use stretches to secular pursuits: the sensation of righteousness that comes from rising at dawn to secure a sun-lounger in a nasty condominium in the Algarve and therefore beating the Brits to it, and the sacrificial excitement of being first to dial into a [[conference call]], and having to endure [[hold music]] before even the horror of participating in the actual call.