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		mech4bg on May 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey, has died Dave was an excellent CEO and the nicest guy - everyone at SurveyMonkey liked him and liked working for him. This is just devastating news. I saw someone say on Twitter "Dave defined the word 'mensch'" - very true.

fnord123 on May 2, 2015 [3 more]

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mech4bg on May 2, 2015 | [–]

In German it means human being, in Yiddish it's taken to be "a person of integrity and honor" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensch

frik on May 3, 2015 | | [–]

True.

German Wikipedia article translated to English: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr... (see the Etymology section)

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