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.

globetrotter · 2 hours ago · 2 comments
Kummerspeck — Excess weight from emotional eating
/ KOO-mer-shpek /
German

Literally 'grief bacon'. The weight you gain from stress or emotional eating. One of the most darkly relatable German compound words.

jdoe · 2 hours ago · 2 comments
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.

darren · 2 hours ago · 3 comments
Verschlimmbessern — To make something worse while trying to improve it
/ fer-SHLIM-bess-ern /
German

The act of making something worse in an attempt to improve it. Every developer has experienced this with a 'quick fix'.

jdoe · 2 hours ago · 2 comments