Sometimes I have a bit of the 'camp counsellor' in my personality. Indeed, if I may say so, I was a decent camp counsellor when I was younger version of myself. We had planned to go to the St. Patrick's Day parade yesterday with our neighbour Tessa and then for a cuppa tea. I decided that we should do some crafts too. A long while back I bought this kit for making leather bracelets. What's unique about these bracelets is that you are given a tube full of four sided beads that have words on them. So you can make up phrases and then string them onto the leather. Because you might want to use a word that they've not included they also give a healthy number of individual letters.
I was thinking about what I'd put on my string, I have some favourite expressions, like 'gob smacked' which I could spell out. Then I thought that as I am of Danish and German heritage maybe I could find some words that are unique to those languages and thereby honour my background - something I never do. So I began looking for cool words in different languages and I found some humdingers. So, today's post is complete and totally just for the fun of it.
Words That I Wish We Used in English (in no particular order)
Litost (Czech)
a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one's own misery.
I have to admit that I burst out laughing, inexplicably, when I read this word. What a wild word to have at your avail! Oh. My. Even knowing that those moments are possible is enough to give me goosebumps.
Handschuhschneebalwerfer (German)
A string of words that translates to 'somebody who wears gloves to throw snowballs' and is used to describe cowards.
Two things here, first, I'm peeing myself imagining what spellcheck is gonna do with that word. Second, I don't know anyone who doesn't wear gloves while making snowballs. I guess I hang with sissies.
Shitta (farsi)
Leftover dinner eaten for breakfast.
And it kinda often tastes shitta too!
Mata ego (Rapa Nui)
Eyes that reveal that someone has been crying.
This got to me out of the sheer poetry of the idea behind the words. I knew immediately the look being referred to ... I'd love to be able to express my concern for someone by describing to other's those eyes.
Didis (Indonesian)
To search and pick up lice from one's own hair
OK, right now you are scratching your scalp aren't you. Icky, icky, icky. What did you do last night? All I got up to was a bit of didis. Is there a words for having them as snacks?
Ngaobera (Pascuense)
A slight inflammation of the throat caused by screaming too much.
Yep, there's someone easy to love.
Now the next section has four sexual words that I thought, OK really, were hysterical. Really, really hysterical!
Marachastra prayoga (Sanskrit)
men who worship their sexual organs
We have a word for that in English too, men.
Koro (Japanese)
The hysterical belief that one's penis is shrinking into one's body.
OK. OK. OK. I can imagine that these guys never get a decent night sleep. Waking up and checking every few minutes. Wild.
But my favourite two words ...
Senzuri (Japanese)
It means male masturbation but it translates literally as 'a hundred rubs'
and
Shiko shiko manzuri (Japanese)
This is female masturbation and it translates literally as 'ten thousand rubs'
And finally, just to have a disability word in the bunch ...
Angushti za'id (Russian)
It means someone with six fingers.
I'm guessing it also means 'someone from Chernobyl'.
I've got maybe 5 pages of this stuff, let me know if you enjoyed it and I can do a couple more over the course of a year.
8 comments:
Haha, I had no evidence that Japan had a concept for female masturbation. I do find the idea we have to work 100 times harder than guys to be......funny. Really, really funny. I am guessing that either the guys don't ask the women, or they aren't saying.
Ngaobera - that I could use, like, "Hey Mary, he come home late again without calling? You are sounding a bit ngaobera."
or
"Excuse me, I was explaining human rights in Canada regarding disabilities to the people who make curb cuts, so I am going to be ngaobera today."
As for the men who worship their penis - is that like nacissist or mid life crisis and buys a old mustang or guy who has a big gun?
Crunchy Roll - where you can watch anime online, has a weekly review page emailed to your email and has a word a week like this - as the Japanese have words for everything, including one which translates literally into woman attack/man weak which is to describe a domineering woman in relationship. I always enjoy these words. Later, I have to defenestrate someone.
I love this kind of stuff. It's so much fun. I laughed out loud at the Japanese for male and female masturbation. Men are always in such a hurry! ;-)
I vote for more of these once in while. It was certainly my chuckle for the day!.
This made me laugh out loud. More, more maybe one a day please.
"Someone From Cherynobyl"
hehe meant to put this laugh after my last comment.
HA!! Yes, more!
Hmn,my Word Verification is "nesse"... maybe that would be the pile of clutter around you when you're nested down with a craft project.
I too, did a post like this! It's wonderful to find all sorts of words you need.
For example:
Fisselig FVIS-se-lich (German) adj. Flustered to the point of incompetance due to too much supervision. A lot of people feel fisselig when being taught to drive.
Tartle TAR-tl (Scottish) v. To hesitate or be slow when recognising a person or thing. Those of us who are faceblind tartle a LOT.
andrea
Loved it!!!! Please continue! ☺☺☺
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