16 Fantastically Useful Words With No English Equivalent

    Because sometimes you need to say something REALLY specific.

    Jared Sosa
    by Jared Sosa

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    Now, English has a lot going for it for sure.

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    But other languages have some expressions that we should probably adopt. For example:

    1. This is best described as...

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      Textbook gigil.

      Which is Tagalog (Filipino) for "something that is so ridiculously cute you are overcome with the urge to pinch it."

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    1. And THIS is best described as...

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      Chris Brown has the world's most obvious backpfeifengesicht.

      Which is the German term for "a face in need of a fist."

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    See? And there are plenty more foreign-language words that are just as useful.

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    In conclusion: May you never have to dine on kummerspeck.