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Cool Words From Other Countries

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Iktsuarpok (Inuit)

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This Inuit word is used to describe the anxious feeling you get when you’re waiting for somebody to arrive.

Backpfeifengesicht (German)

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I definitely see a lot of these each day… This typical German word roughly means “a face that’s badly in need of a fist/ slap.”

Pelinti (Buli)

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Ever bite into something that ended up being too hot? This is the word for those excruciating moments when you’re moving the hot food around inside your mouth and roughly making an “ahhhgg” sound.

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