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Old 16-02-2014, 07:15 PM #51
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A few in German...

ein Funkloch - an area where you get no reception or signal for electronic devices, normally out in the countryside, we don't really have a definitive term for that in English so I like that it exists in German... plus it sounds so German as well

Kummerspeck - literally a word to describe the weight you put on if you comfort eat means 'grief bacon'... trust the Germans

Fremdschämen - to be embarrassed for someone else.
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If I get this job, you have opportunities to learn different languages and travel, if so I'd love to learn German to visit the offices over there!
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Saudade is my favourite word in Portuguese, unfortunately it has no translation in English. It's the feeling you have when you miss something or someone when you sort of know that what/who you're missing is never coming back. It's very romantic and sad.
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So like if someone has died or something?
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So like if someone has died or something?
or if you broke up with a gf but you really wanted the relationship to have worked out. It's similar to nostalgia but more romantic.
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or if you broke up with a gf but you really wanted the relationship to have worked out. It's similar to nostalgia but more romantic.
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So is saudade a verb or a noun or an adjective?
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Wunderbar

probably already been said in this thread
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well it's sort of english now isn't it but it's still foreign
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A noun.
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slagging

I find myself using "slagging off" a lot now irl. meaning to talk sheet about someone. I spend too much time on British sites.
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Mine are both Chinese words:
-Shangwang, which means internet.
-Hanbaobao, which means hamburger.

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huevos (waybows) - Spanish for eggs
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Just because she is a giant cock, doesn't make her a man.
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huevos (waybows) - Spanish for eggs
in reference to testicles? or actual eggs?
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i know mal means bad. -ito usually means little one. bad little one?

(see i did pay attention in spanish class)
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in reference to testicles? or actual eggs?
eggs of course

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i know mal means bad. -ito usually means little one. bad little one?

(see i did pay attention in spanish class)
Google told me it meant "damn".
 
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Google told me it meant "damn".
oh. I was way off.
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I know from watching cam4, they call cum "leche"(milk).
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