2025-04-12
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Modern German slang for having paranoid thoughts or dramatizing a situation - literally "pushing a film."
This relatively recent expression (popularized in the 1980s-90s) cleverly compares someone's exaggerated perception of reality to a movie playing in their head. It's particularly common among younger Germans and in urban areas. The term likely gained popularity through youth culture and has connections to drug culture, where hallucinations might be described as "seeing a film."
🇩🇪 – Er schiebt total einen Film wegen der Prüfung morgen. Es ist doch nur ein Test! 🇬🇧 – He's being totally paranoid about tomorrow's exam. It's just a test!