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Hikikomori·The phenomenon of reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement.

Japanese

Vituviha·When a woman hates another woman because she's better-looking, brighter or more successful than her.

Estonian

Klickstrecke·Roughly, click trail. Those click-through galleries that e.g. news websites do to annoy people, increase page impressions and thus ad revenue.

German

សើចសល់·Leftover laughing. Used to let someone (outside of the joke) know you're not laughing at them.

Khmer

Nestbeschmutzer·Nest soiler - Someone whose actions result in their own group/institution looking bad / incurring a disadvantage.

German

Greuss·The little broken dusty bits at the bottom of the box of cereal/bag of chips.

Mennonite/Low German

Fuerdai·A (derogatory) term often used in the Chinese media to refer to rich children whose wealth comes primarily from their parents; the second generation of the rich.

Chinese

Frekja·When a person is unreasonably or unfairly demanding.

Icelandic

Mudita·The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being.

Sanskrit

Jein·Both yes and no.

German

Qualzucht·Lit. agony breeding. The practice of breeding animals in a way that fosters or tolerates characteristics that cause the animals pain, agony, behavioural disorders etc.

German

Imfusi·The first single child born after twins.

Xhosa

Urlaubsreif·In (desperate) need of a holiday.

German

Lahap·To peel thickly and wastefully.

Cebuano

Wanderlust·The strong desire to just go for a walk, wander or travel and explore the world.

German

Vabba·To be home from work with a sick child.

Swedish

Naqqaṭat·Literally it dotted it is said after a rain so little that the raindrops just made dots on the sand.

Arabic

Stam·Closest equivalent is the just in just kidding or just another. Adverb or adjective meaning for no specific reason or purpose/pointless/generic.

Hebrew

Ewiggestriger·Someone who is forever stuck in yesterday and desperately clings to an outdated world view.

German

Catch-22·A paradoxical situation with contradictory requirements.

English

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

English

Nenna·Wanting to do something, but being too lazy to do it.

Icelandic

Bergfest·(lit. mountain party) the day/moment you are halfway through work.

German

Backpfeifengesicht·A face in need of a slap or/and a punch.

German

Sturmfrei·When all the people you live with are gone for a while and you have the whole place to yourself.

German

Busk·To play music in the street for money.

English

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

English

Gutmensch·Someone who tries to be as politically correct as possible, often to extremes.

German

Kodėlčiukas·A small, curious child that keeps asking why? (kodėl?).

Lithuanian

Bös·The left-over crumbs when a bag of crisps/chips is empty.

Swedish, Göteborska