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下头 xià tóu·To quickly lose interest in a crush.

Wegbier·A beer you have while commuting someplace.

German Source

scheinfrei (adj.) of students·Having passed all classes necessary to graduate (but possibly not the final exam and thesis).

German Source

リニアメトロ Linear Metro·Metro train using linear motor drive for power transmission.

Japanese Source

هل (Hal)·Indicates a question with a yes/no answer.

Arabic Source

Janteloven·Societal concept that you are not to think you're anyone special, or that you're better than the collective group.

Danish Source

啃老 (kěn lǎo)·To live off one’s retired parents/grandparents.

Å bli tatt på fersken·To be caught red handed.

Norwegian Source

Tatanta (interj.)·Noticing somebody has got something new.

Malagasy Source

Haju and Tuoksu·A bad scent and a good scent (respectively).

Na’Iman·A word you say to someone once they’ve come out of the shower, gotten a haircut etc.

Arabic Source

Bangungot·A very bad dream/nightmare that causes people to die in their sleep.

risvoltinato·A man who wears his pants cuffed.

Italian slang Source

圣母·Literally “female saint”, a gender-neutral term used to describe somebody who is overly politically correct and/or overly sympathetic. The terms comes from a metaphor in the famous science fiction novel “Three Body”.

挟射(きょうしゃ/kyōsha)·Ejaculation during a mammary intercourse.

Japanese Source

Dygna·To stay awake for twenty-four hours.

को ‎(ko)·Accusative Preposition.

Hindi Source

Disputed Paragrafryttare (lit: article rider)·A person who follows written rules to such a degree that they're seen as rigid and inflexible.

Disputed Pocket table tennis·To play with your genitals through your pocket.

Disputed Vergüenza ajena·When you're ashamed not because of your own actions but by somebody else's actions.

Kråkfötter (lit. crow’s feet)·Sloppy, hard-to-read handwriting.

Myrornas krig (lit. the war of the ants)·The b/w noise shown on an analog TV set when not tuned into a channel.

Podes tirar o cavalinho da chuva·You can take the little horse out of the rain.

Portuguese Source

झूठा (Jhootha) (adj.)·Food that has already been tasted by someone.

Hindi Source

Tambien / Tampoco·( Too, Neither ).

Un traquenard·A situation that sounds like funny business, a trap of some sort.

French Source

Küszöbgörcs (lit. threshold-cramp)·The inability to leave already.

Hungarian Source

Un Gloubi-Boulga·An unintelligible babbling or incoherent speech.

French Source

Disputed Preum’s !·Used at the end of a long car ride to determine who will go to the bathroom first.

French Source

tall·Of great or above average height.

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