Sgriob
— The itchiness on the upper lip before drinking whisky
/ SKREEV /
Scottish Gaelic
The tingling sensation on the upper lip that occurs in anticipation of drinking whisky. A wonderfully specific word from the Scottish Gaelic tradition.
Literally 'grief bacon'. The weight you gain from stress or emotional eating. One of the most darkly relatable German compound words.
/ BAHK-pfey-fen-geh-zicht /
German
Literally 'a face that needs to be slapped'. The perfect word for someone who just has one of those faces. Used humorously.
The feeling of looking worse after a haircut. A very specific but universally relatable experience.
Jayus
— A joke so bad it becomes funny
/ JAY-oos /
Indonesian
A joke so unfunny, or told so badly, that you can't help but laugh. English has no single word for this phenomenon.
The act of making something worse in an attempt to improve it. Every developer has experienced this with a 'quick fix'.