Snippets
As snippets partly as Slice is called one or more small paper or Pappfetzen. A snippet is similar to confetti , but on average is slightly larger and “frayed” (torn out) at the edges.
meaning
The Brothers Grimm have in their German Dictionary noted that Slice or schnippern means "small piece cut off" or "small particles cut". Krünitz of 1858 writes among other things: " Schnipfeln, Schnippeln or Schnippern" means "to cut into very small pieces with scissors". Short excerpts from feature films or documentaries that can often be viewed on the Internet with the appropriate playback software are also referred to as snippets, more precisely as film snippets . They should whet your appetite for going to the cinema. Originally, film snippets were the clippings left over when the film was cut. These were coveted collector's items.
Schnipsel is also the title of a little book of aphorisms by the author Kurt Tucholsky and the name of a German online literature magazine.
origin
The word Schnipsel (scenic, especially in Berlin also Schnippel ) comes from the early New High German to snap and means something like to rush forward; quickly with the scissors cut and lautnachahmenden origin.
The newspaper snippets are often used. Newspapers are very thin paper that is easy to tear, making them the most popular when it comes to making snippets. Such scraps of newspaper are used in the manufacture of paper mache . Based on the appearance of newspaper snippets (which only contain fractions of the articles), the code snippets were also named in the programming. These are small sections that have little or no sense on their own, but can solve partial problems in larger programs.
Further areas of application
- When making paper at home from waste paper, you need the smallest scraps of newspaper, which are then additionally pureed in water .
- Paper mache is made from scraps mixed with paste .
- Large gifts are often additionally covered with snippets in their boxes to increase the tension, while small gifts in large boxes are artificially fluffed up with snippets.
- Parcel deliveries are often additionally protected with snippets inside the parcel.
- The Dadaist artist Kurt Schwitters used scraps of newspaper for his collages .
- The Schnipseljagd , actually a scavenger hunt, is a terrain game in which clues are given about the way with the help of snippets.
See also
literature
- Simone Loleit: Schnitzel, strips, shavings - the use of leftovers in literary terms. In: Navigations. Journal for media and cultural studies 5,1 / 2 (2005), pp. 55–65.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ snippets, snippets, mn 1). In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 15 : Schiefeln – Soul - (IX). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1899, Sp. 1336 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ↑ Snipping. In: JG Krünitz: Economic Encyclopedia . Volume 147: Schmid – Schörkube. 1827 ( kruenitz1.uni-trier.de ).