Foreign words

Tartle
Scottish
– The act of hestitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name

Backpfeifengesicht
German
-- A face badly in need of a fist

Shemomedjamo
Georgian
--When you know you're full, but the food just tastes so delicious that you keep eating

Mamihlapinatapai
Yaghan (of Tierro del Fuego)
--When two people want something but neither wants to be the one to initiate it

Torschlusspanik
German
--The fear of diminishing opportunities with age

Jayus
Indonesian
–A joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh

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