55 English Words That Don't Translate - Does Not Translate

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Clusterfuck·A disastrously mishandled situation or undertaking.

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Overdressed/Underdressed·Being too formally/informally dressed for an activity or event.

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Shotgun·An exclamation made upon sight of a vehicle in which a passenger will travel, designating the seat as proprietary of the exclaimer for the duration of an upcoming trip.

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Y’all’d’ve·Triple contraction of You all would have.

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Catch-22·A paradoxical situation with contradictory requirements.

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Busk·To play music in the street for money.

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Antidisestablishmentarianism·The movement to prevent revoking the Church of England's status as the official church.

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Rickrolling·Tricking people into listening to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up instead of the content that they expected to see.

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Widow-maker·A dead branch caught precariously high in a tree which may fall on a person below.

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Gun-Shy·Being afraid of doing something after a previous bad experience.

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Kitty-corner·Diaganolly adjacent.

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Cheesy·Something insincere or cliché, but in a vaguely inoffensive or pleasant way.

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Affluenza·A feeling of dissatisfaction, anxiety, etc, caused by the dogged and ongoing pursuit of more.

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Y’all’d’ve·You all would have (reverse DNT).

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Sillage·The degree to which a perfume’s fragrance lingers in the air when worn.

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pearl-clutching·To act overly shocked as to publicly display your strong aversion to something.

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-eth·Eth - humorous suffix to imitate old words.

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Just·I was just asked to define it by a non-native English speaker. I can think of no other English word that can take on so many different meanings.

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Autoinfanticide·The act of going back in time and killing yourself as an infant and associated with the grandfather paradox of time travel.

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Backwash·The saliva and/or drink that gets into the drink when you finish taking a sip.

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Queer·Something that doesn't follow a society's expectations of sex and gender.

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To clothesline somebody·To hit someone in the neck area with your inner arm, usually when they are moving at a high rate of speed, causing them to fall down (video of clotheslining in description).

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Normie·An average, mainstream person.

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Busman’s holiday·A vacation where you do an activity similar to your job.

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Ship·To enjoy imagining that two people (especially celebrities) are in a relationship.

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to fail upwards·To get promoted into a higher career position despite failing at the current job.

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Cafeteria Christian·A person who professes Christian adherence, but who selectively chooses which doctrines to follow.

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Congenial·Pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one's own.

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Streaker·A specific type of exhibitionist that interrupts public events, especially sports matches, by invading them while nude.

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paper street, paper town·A street or town that exists on a map but not in reality.

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