A German
meme that spread like wildfire in 2000, up to the point of getting coverage in TV magazines. What's it about?
Translated literally, it means "warm showerer", and it was used as a
tongue-in-cheek, totally non-serious way to call someone a
sissy or
weenie. I mean, who
doesn't enjoy a
warm shower, other than masochists or people who are obsessed with showing how tough and
macho they are?
Anyway, somehow it became fashionable to use the word a lot, and to invent funny synonyms for it. Some of the best: