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Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:06 pm

I like pour encourager les autres (for the encouragement of others) because anything involving shooting an admiral is cool in my book. :hehe:
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Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:17 pm

Kummerspeck: a German word that literally means "grief bacon" but refers to the excess weight gained from emotion-related overeating.
Drachenfutter: A German word that is "dragon fodder" when translated literally, but means the peace offerings made by guilty husbands to their wives.
Backpfeifengesicht: German for a face that cries out for a fist in it.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:24 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:Kummerspeck: a German word that literally means "grief bacon" but refers to the excess weight gained from emotion-related overeating.
Drachenfutter: A German word that is "dragon fodder" when translated literally, but means the peace offerings made by guilty husbands to their wives.
Backpfeifengesicht: German for a face that cries out for a fist in it.
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BTW, my phrase is credited to Voltaire. :oops:
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Post by FBM » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:27 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:...Backpfeifengesicht: German for a face that cries out for a fist in it.
:coffeespray:

망할놈: Korean that roughly translates as 'this bastard that I'm about to destroy'. Used just before a fight, obviously.
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Post by Trolldor » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:32 pm

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Post by redunderthebed » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:35 pm

Fangula italian for fuck off
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:38 pm

redunderthebed wrote:Fangula italian for fuck off
Ba fangula, "You can fuck right off, mate!"
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Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:41 pm

Tingo: A Pascuense language word from Easter Island that means borrowing items from a pal's house, one by one, until there is nothing left.
Bakku-shan: Japanese for a woman who "seems pretty when seen from behind but not from the front.
Katahara itai: Japanese for laughing so hard that one side of your stomach hurts.

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:51 pm

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Post by FBM » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:55 pm

우리 마누라: our wife.
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Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:05 pm

Plimpplampplettere: Dutch for skimming stones.

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Post by AshtonBlack » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:06 pm

Ulykkesbilen: Danish for an "ill-fated car."


From here : Adam Jacot de Boinod "The Meaning of Tingo."

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Post by maiforpeace » Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:12 pm

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose - the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Brigade de cuisine - the system of hierarchy in the kitchen developed by Escoffier.
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Re: Favorite "non-English" phrases?

Post by leo-rcc » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:21 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:Plimpplampplettere: Dutch for skimming stones.
I don't know who told you that but that is a made up word.

Pim-Pam-Petten is a home game. That vaguely looks like that word.
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