Favourite words
Number24
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The idea behind this thread is sharing words and expressions you like and enjoy. Most likely in your own language, but it doesn't have to be. Hopefully it will be interesting, but accidentally it might get educational or funny. I'll start out, and we'll see if the topic has legs.
Bergtatt - litterally "taken by the mountain". Back in the day people feared they could be snatched by trolls, elves and the rest of the cast of Lord of the Rings and trapped inside the mountains where they live. Now the word can better be translated to "spellbound".
Opplett - word mainly used on the west coast of Norway, meaning something like "upplift". The word refers to the short moments between long periods of rain.
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Bergtatt - litterally "taken by the mountain". Back in the day people feared they could be snatched by trolls, elves and the rest of the cast of Lord of the Rings and trapped inside the mountains where they live. Now the word can better be translated to "spellbound".
Opplett - word mainly used on the west coast of Norway, meaning something like "upplift". The word refers to the short moments between long periods of rain.
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If, if's and and's were pots and pans. Then we'd all have a pot to p*ss in.
(On someone being tight with money )
He wouldn't give you the full of his a*se of roasted snow !
One of my favourite words ( which I practiced to say without hesitation )
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Mamihlapinatapai means "a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin." Plain and simple
Lateritious = anything made of red brick.
Callipygian = having a nice bum
Absquatulate = to run away with someone.
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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Bloody- Still can't understand why people say it's a swear word! Much tamer than the F word, for sure!
Strewth- Only ever said this once, but i think it's a great word. It's rare for British people to say it, as it's considered Aussie slang. Heard it in a Monty Python sketch too.
Canny- A versatile word here in the North East. Meaning something that's nice, or it can be used to emphasise distance.
Shy bairns get nowt- An expression meaning if you don't ask, you don't get
" I don't listen to hip hop!"
I can't explain why but I dislike the word lounge when meaning
Living room.
So Beyonce Knowles is a world famous Callipygian? It feels so nice to use it in a sentence
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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I also like the word schadenfreude.
My new, and very used word at the moment. The management company for the block of flats I've just moved into are this personified....
Twatwaffle
Spunktrumpet
Vive le droit à la libre expression! Je suis Charlie!
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That's one of my favourite insults...
It means unpaid, voluntary community work done by several people together.
Example:"Let's have dugnad to repair the old forrest road!"
But obviously everyone is just dying to learn Norwegian swearing
The AE in faen is pronounced the way an Englishman would say "bath".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTQ5mbZG3U