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穿堂风chuān táng fēng·The wind that passes through a building when the windows or doors on opposite sides of the room are opened at the same time.

Chinese

Normie·An average, mainstream person.

English

Pansarpung (panzer scrotum)·Common male side effect of taking a cold shower/bath.

Inkompetenzkompensationskompetenz·Competence in compensating for incompetence.

German

Freibiergesicht·Someone who is always around when there's something (mainly beer) for free.

German

Kolay gelsin·Hope the work comes easy to you something said out of kindness to any person who is working on a task especially if the task includes physical labor.

Turkish

Eħad bataħat shel hasheni·Being in a situation where people are forced together to the brink of total lack of privacy or personal space.

Hebrew

เข็ญใจ (kěn-jai)·To feel miserable/suffer mentally due to poverty.

Thai

干物女 (Himono-onna)·(noun) A woman with little to no interest in relationships, and that prefers to stay at home lazying around; especially when showing a social face while outside.

Japanese

צ’יזבט chizbát·A story built up for the sake of ending with a jumpscare by the narrator.

Hebrew

Zweisamkeit·The harmonious state of being alone/together with another person (lit. twosomeness).

German

Fogo no rabo/cu·Roughly translated to fire in the ass, it means getting really excited.

Brazilian Portuguese

Mola·To eat something alone that you normally eat with something else.

Swedish, dialectal

Vukojebina (lit. Wolf-fuckness)·A place in a middle of nowhere.

Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian

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

English

재수생 (jae soo sang)·A student who has failed the college entrance exam and is studying to repeat the next year.

Korean

Hurtfrisk·Overly lively, bouncy, and athletic. Think a middle-aged aerobics trainer in short shorts with a wide smile on his face training a bunch of unwilling kids.

Swedish

Ranço·That inexplicable feeling of disliking someone without a proper logical reason.

Brazilian Portuguese

מאושכן·A person with large testicles

Hebrew

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

English

Sikteruša/sikter kafa·Badly prepared coffee.

Serbian

Bread writer·Someone who writes for a living, for the daily bread, i.e. not a poet or one with literary ambitions.

Swedish

Pogner·To grab, seize, understand, get caught, argue and many more.

küszöbgörcs·Used to describe that long conversation you have in the entryway, with all the guests awkwardly holding their coats and purses, and every so often somebody says something like OK, we really have to leave now, but just one more thing., and then the conversation is good for another half an hour at least

Hungarian

goûter·It is the first thing that most French students do after coming home from school around 16:45 (4:45 pm). Le goûter usually consists of a glass of milk, and bread and chocolate (or jam), or cookies. It is very important to have goûter for most children, and even for some adults.

French

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

English

Rentrée·La rentrée (rentrée scolaire, rentrée des classes) is the day when schools open in early September after the two-month long summer break. La rentrée is also a huge commercial event because it is the time to buy paper, pens, backpacks etc. for the school year and all shops advertise school supplies for the weeks leading to la rentrée.

French

Aristeia·Miraculous warriorship, a long continuous streak of godlike combat ability during a battle.

Greek

Kai Pō (V.)·To eat something in secret because you don't want to share with others.

Tongan

To meter og træls·Two meters and annoying, slang used for people who are taller than 2 m.

Danish