Favorite "non-English" phrases?
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Favorite "non-English" phrases?
I like pour encourager les autres (for the encouragement of others) because anything involving shooting an admiral is cool in my book.
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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.
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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Me likey!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.
BTW, my phrase is credited to Voltaire.
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AshtonBlack wrote:...Backpfeifengesicht: German for a face that cries out for a fist in it.
망할놈: Korean that roughly translates as 'this bastard that I'm about to destroy'. Used just before a fight, obviously.
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Ai-Yah!
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Fangula italian for fuck off
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Ba fangula, "You can fuck right off, mate!"redunderthebed wrote:Fangula italian for fuck off
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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.
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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"Es tut mir lied" (My bad)
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우리 마누라: our wife.
그림의 떡: eye candy
그림의 떡: eye candy
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Plimpplampplettere: Dutch for skimming stones.
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Ulykkesbilen: Danish for an "ill-fated car."
From here : Adam Jacot de Boinod "The Meaning of Tingo."
From here : Adam Jacot de Boinod "The Meaning of Tingo."
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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.
Brigade de cuisine - the system of hierarchy in the kitchen developed by Escoffier.
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Merdé!
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I don't know who told you that but that is a made up word.AshtonBlack wrote:Plimpplampplettere: Dutch for skimming stones.
Pim-Pam-Petten is a home game. That vaguely looks like that word.
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