There Ought To Be A Word For...

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There ought to be a word for : extra efforts to protect something that result in damage or destruction of that something.
How about Latin. protegendumdamnum, protection damage. Dumdamnum for short.

Like hiding something in a special safe place then forgetting where that is.
 
Hornbein said:
There ought to be a word for : extra efforts to protect something that result in damage or destruction of that something.
How about Latin. protegendumdamnum, protection damage. Dumdamnum for short.

Like hiding something in a special safe place then forgetting where that is.

A German loan word could be a good candidate. If it doesn't exist, it can legit be made up.

Edit: AI suggests "Verschlimmbesserung", which spans a wider and more abstract scope of meaning I guess

Edit: The emotional part of the process would be "totgeliebt" (loved to death)