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.
