Useful words

Started by Gopher, Nov 19 07 11:50

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Gopher

Kaelling (Danich) - a woman who stands on her doorstep yelling obscenities at her kids.

  Spensenritter (German) - a person who shows off by paying the bill on the firm's money. Literally, "an expense knight".

  Gattara (Italian) - a woman, often old and lonely, who devotes herself to stray cats.

  Tartle (Scottish) - to hesitate when you are introducing someone whose name you can't quite remember.

  Pesamenteiro (Portuguese) - one who joins groups of mourners at the home of a dead person, apparently to offer condolences, but in reality is just there for the refreshments.

  Biritululo ( Kiriwani, Papua New Guinea) - comparing yams to settle a dispute.    
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

Oooh!  Thanks Gophie!
 
 I must share the word pesamenteiro with my family.  We seem to have a lot of them in our extended social networks.  And they show up like clockwork every time someone dies.  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

weird al

Schlampenschlepper (German) - pimpmobile. Literally "slut dragger"

purelife

How do you pronounce that?  

P.C.

I think it's pronounced Ho-mobile.  
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Gopher

Rhwe (South Africa) - to sleep on the floor without a mat while drunk and naked.

  Buffona (Italian) - an attractive mustachioed woman.

  Poronkusema (Finnish) - the distance equal to how far a reindeer can travel without a comfort break.

  Vai a Fava (Portuguese) - get lost. Literally 'go to the fava bean'.

  Rombhuru (Bengali) - a woman having thighs as shapely as banana trees.

  Physiggoomai (Ancient Greek) - excited by eating garlic.  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

P.C.

Buffona (Italian) - an attractive mustachioed woman.

  Did they say anything in the translation that this is likely an oxymoron?
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Gopher

No, but that was my thought too.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Googler

P.C. wrote:
 Buffona (Italian) - an attractive mustachioed woman.

  Did they say anything in the translation that this is likely an oxymoron?



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  Thank you for your attention and cooperation in this matter.  

P.C.

Google is no substitute for chatting with the Gophie.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Gopher

Although this sort of flattery will get you a long way, PC, it  won't get you as far as posting the last word.    
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Orik

 Isinusumpa kita means I curse you

i like this one sobra ... sobra means more

mahal din kita.... i love you.
 
and for the emo in u

impeyernong buhay ito means to hell with this life.

Bukas tatakpan sa akin diyaryo tomorrows newspapers will cover my death

sana di nalang ako pinanganak means i wish i was never born


Never give up Never surrender Fight with ur last breath Fight 2 live & Fight 2 survive. Never say never & never say die. There comes a time when all will die A time we transcend & attain our place afterlife. My Fight is not yet done, I'm tired & I'd like to go home, But I'm not ready to go just yet.

Gopher

Where do they originate, Orik?
A fool's paradise is better than none.