Oh, the Things They Say
English is a really colorful language with wonderful words and phrases for saying almost anything you could imagine. Still, there are some things we don’t have…
Kaelling - Danish: a woman who stands on her doorstep yelling obscenities at her kids.Pesamenteiro - Portuguese: one who joins groups of mourners at the home of a dead person, apparently to offer condolences but in reality is just there for the refreshments.
Okuri-OKAMI - Japanese: literally a “see-you-home-wolf”. A man who feigns thoughtfulness by offering to see a girl home only to try to molest her once he gets in the door.
Jayus - Indonesian: someone who tells a joke so unfunny you can’t help laughing.
These and many more at the link, which is to promote a book called Toujours Tingo: More Extraordinary Words To Change The Way We See The World by Adam Jacot de Boinod. Now you, too, can say things like, “Look at that layogenic shvitzer, what a baffona!”
Via Japundit.
