The 10 Coolest Foreign Words The English Language Needs

[Blue_Tires]

#10.Bakku-shan (Japanese)
Means: A beautiful girl... as long as she's being viewed from behind.

#9.Espirit d'escalier (French)
Means: When you think of the perfect verbal comeback... much too late.

#8.Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan)
Means: A look between two people that suggests an unspoken, shared desire.

#7.Backpfeifengesicht (German)
Means: A face badly in need of a fist.

#6.Nunchi (Korean)
Means: The art of not becoming a Backpfeifengesicht.

go to the link for the rest:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17251_10-coolest-foreign-words-english-language-needs.html

[Blue_Tires]

1. ttt

[LSdemocrat]

2. jein (German) - means "yes and no"

[scheming daemons]

10. We have a word for that.... "maybe"

[Karenina]

14. Not the same.

J'ein negates the entweder...oder paradigm.

[Blue_Tires]

3. morning kick

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Some very interesting words

but kinda hard to say. Except Backpfeifengesicht :D

[Blue_Tires]

13. how DO you say it?

[Rob H.]

5. I'm going to start using backpfeifengesicht

I know a couple of people whose faces fit that description quite nicely. :mad:

[BurtWorm]

6. Esprit d'escalier means literally "spirit of the staircase"

It describes the moment when the fired drone, walking down the stairway to unemployment, starts hearing in his or her head all the things he or she should have said to the boss before leaving.

I love that image.

[Blue_Tires]

7. really?

that i did not know..

[Coventina]

8. A plural "you". Like "vous" in French. Which, actually the South has

with "y'all".

I'm not from the South, but I like "y'all", it actually is very useful, and I sometimes use it.

I find it interesting that the form appears in the South, which was settled by French and Spanish speaking Europeans, and both languages have a plural "you." I wonder if there is a connection?

(Yes, I know English experts will tell me that "you" IS the plural "you" in English and "thou" is the singular. Unfortunately "thou" has become archaic, so we need to either revive it or invent a new form).

on edit: (ironically) grammar

[scheming daemons]

11. In Pittsburgh, the plural of "you" is "Yunz"

[Captain Hilts]

9. It still won't be adequate to describe Our Mets. nt

[SoxFan]

12. beisbolsucken

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Some Japanese words that I like

ijikeru: To go around acting like you have a poor self-image

and it's opposite

ibaru: To go around acting like you think you're really wonderful

oshii: An adjective used to describe "the one that got away," a missed opportunity.

amaeru: To suck up to someone

kanchigai: Misreading someone's intentions

samugariya: A person who always feels cold

gambaru: To give it all you've got, to hang in there, to keep going against all odds

doutei: Male virgin

pinpinkorori: Used to describe old people who are vigorous and alert until they die either suddenly or of a brief illness

[Mr. Ected]

16. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

Those buggers think of everything.