Meaning of Sitzfleisch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The ability to endure or carry on with an activity.
   uncountable
2. A person's bottom; the posterior.
   slang

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Examples

“Sitzfleisch: a term used in chess to indicate⟳ winning by use⟳ of the glutei muscles--the habit of remaining stolid in one's seat hour by hour, making moves that are sound⟳ but uninspired, until one's opponent blunders through boredom.”

“He never dallied with the image, beloved of the Renaissance, of the lean⟳ and shrunk-shanked scholar, possessed of infinite Sitzfleisch and inured to pain.”

“This year’s installment of Theatertreffen Berlin, the spring⟳ festival of the best of German-language theater that has been going strong since 1964, required some sitzfleisch — that is, the ability to stay⟳ planted on your derrière without fidgeting for the duration of a Wagner opera.”

“Just as he was snorting and puffing like⟳ a grampus, I chanced to observe⟳ a quite formidable scar on his Sitzfleisch. With an apology for the personal nature of the question⟳, I asked if it was a war wound of some kind.”

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