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PJPantsParty
I literally just finished shemomedjamo'ing when I came across this post.
ZachPutland
More stupid shit like the dictionary of obscure sorrows
trustystranger
Correct me if I'm wrong but if someone uses "gemes" he actually found a way to express it, didn't he ?
anSSLerrorhasoccuredandasecureconnectiontotheservercannotbemade
A wub wub a dubba dub ding dong right Morty?
BIC777
Stuff like this is why I love language so much.
dootmytoot
I feel like English speakers just look too deep into foreign words
BlowinInTheWind
i kilig when I pee
Imherefortheanimalpics
Add "sisu" to the list. A characteristic so Finnish you cant even translate it.
chackabure
Actually its shemomechama (შემომეჭამა), but who cares. XD
Hurantsu
Gigil and kilig are Filipino words. Very accurate description.
DutchManChair
As a Dutchman I learned a new Dutch word today
though it sounds like something a Belgian/Limburger would say.
Splazeing
Dont even know if that word exists
nazgulxnl
As far as i can tell it's a made up word used in a book once (The meaning of tingo). It's also not in the van Dale.
charlierunkle
Keilen?
NapoleonDynOmite
Totally! Freakin Limburgers.
senpairidesabike
I've heard this in Groningen, once, by my granny... so uh we don't use it at all
theodikus
Hiraeth is my favorite
CurboTunt
Dank gemes
pleasesendcows
I love you
Spiralhaze
Smad
Ralpheroo
the closest translation to kilig is butterflies in your stomach
Elconquesodor
Glad fucking petrichor wasn't on this list for once.
Zetor
I'm sure somebody is just making up words for strange feelings.
PyroDragon
That's essentially what language is... just made-up words.
kosmoosi
And speaking is just making noises that create mental movies.
Bentarmbenny
Cwtch is just Welsh for a hug not the feeling of a safe place nonsense .
Blaenwern
Weden i bod cymysgedd fan hyn rwng cwtsh dan star, cwtsh ci, a cwtsh fel cwtsh off Mam.
Bentarmbenny
yr unig amser dwin gallu cofio cwtch cael ei defnyddio ydi fy mamgu yn gofyn am cwtch oddi wrth fy mab ond dwi'n byw yn yr gogledd.
Blaenwern
O, Duw.
Bondedrobin
Lmao as a German speaker, "abendrot" literally just means "evening red." No need to be infatuated with the depth of its implications.
parismaker
But just add "b" and you have a cold dinner :)
fa30734
This is the same for most of these. "la douleur exquise" is just French for "great pain", this wanting affection for a stranger is bullshit
LazyTheAssCat
But using the literal definition as proof they're fake doesn't always work 2/2
LazyTheAssCat
Well, to be fair, if you call someone a count waffle you're not calling them a vagina pastry. I'm not certain if they're real or not 1/
LazyTheAssCat
Cunt*
NomadSpork
In Swedish, skipping stones is "kasta smörgås". It means to throw sandwiches.
Blesbok
In Swedish, biting stones is "att bita stenar".
NomadSpork
Det har du rätt i.
ArtOfKarolMichalec
In Polish it's "letting the ducks go"
kamratjoel
Fika
Pyrajt
Lagom
IamAfuckingClown
The first word Shemomedjamo looks like this in native alphabet: შემომეჭამო.
Zlimeshili
dcdmdcfsdm?
SgtSlavery
I'd love some pronunciation guidance here, thank you very much!
KawaiiTwat
Now gimme the word for when shit never works for you but it suddenly works when you try to show someone else that its broken
ILikeShorts
I need a Welsh person to tell me how you pronounce cwtch.
TeddyMFRoosevelt
Basically..."cooch"
Blaenwern
Kootsh.
peecs
Dammit, can we not have pronunciations, people!
TheThingsThatPeopleDoWhenNoOneIsLooking
The French one only means "the exquisite pain". It's just a metaphor, not a word that literally means that definition.
TheThingsThatPeopleDoWhenNoOneIsLooking
And we also have a word for skimming stones on water " ricochets"...
MoxRavager
I wonder how many of these are common or are just obscure words even to native speakers.
dreadlock
The "vemod" thing is common. Sadness from the movie inside out is called vemod in the swedish version for example.
Blaenwern
Hiraeth can be pretty common. There's a farm near where I used to live in Wales called Blaenhiraeth. Something like Field of Hiraeth.
FisterC
Why are those gifs? (rhetorical question, you don't have to answer)
NapoleonDynOmite
Hygge should definitely be on one of these lists.