Frightening Borrow-Words

[debka_notion]

I just came across the Hebrew words for Anthropocentric and theocentric in my Hebrew homework. They look Awfully scary, even if they sound almost exactly like the English.

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[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Close but no cigar- with a tzadi in the place of the samekh.

My favorite is the Hebrew for rear axle (Although I'm not sure if I have my spelling perfect, nor my genders- but the idea is just impossible to forget): הפרונט אקסל האחורה

[lordameth.livejournal.com]

I can't quite read that (of course), but I'm guessing it says something like "ha-front axle" followed by something that means "back" or "opposite"?

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Yup- it's the back front axle.

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

Wow.

[margavriel.livejournal.com]

Close but no cigar

I never understood the logic/history behind this expression. What does a poisonous, foul-smelling herb have to do with how close somebody's guess is?