31 Foreign Phrases the English Language Could Really Use
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Look, we like the English language as much as anybody. But we have to admit that some foreign languages have some pretty cool and useful words we desperately need. Words like…
![German WELTSCHMERZ world-weariness but in an existential despair sort of way CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/7/802397.jpg)
![Kuso shinezo (KOO-so she-NAY-zob), verb. An insult. Literally: Die shitting. Language of origin: Japanese CRACKED http://mohnatka. .ru/japanese](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/9/802389.jpg)
![Indonesian MENCOLEK the trick of tapping someone on the opposite shoulder to fool them into looking the wrong way CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/6/802396.jpg)
![Yaourt (yowt), verb. To sing along with a song in a language you don't know, by making up nonsense words. OPRAH CONDOM STAR! Language of origin: French CRACKED.co Lucy Wadham,2009 The Secret Life of France](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/6/802386.jpg)
![Filipino GIGIL The urge to squeeze something because it's so cute CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/5/802395.jpg)
![German BACKPFEIFENGESICHT a face that deserves to be punched/slapped CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/4/802394.jpg)
![Farpotshket (far POTCH ket), adjective. Describes something that's broken specifically because somebody tried to fix it. Language of origin: Yiddish CRACKED.co http://www.viddishslangdictionary com/ward/748/farpotshket](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/4/802384.jpg)
![Arabic YA'ABURNEE Literally you bury me. A term of endearment meaning you wish a loved one outlives you CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/2/802392.jpg)
![Keelling (KEH-ling), noun. A miserable woman who screams obscenities at her children. $%#*O!!! Language of origin: Danish CRACKED.co Tartle-bufetak-kaelling-the-foreign-words-to-which-English-has-no-answer.ht](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/5/802385.jpg)
![German TGD. BAGGERSPION the desire to peek into boarded-up construction sites CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/3/802393.jpg)
![Epibreren (apey-BRER-in), verb. To pretend to be busy doing something important, when you're actually goofing off. WORK Language of origin: Dutch CRACKED.co http://www.directdutch.com/2013/10/word-of-the-day-epibreren-epibrate/ the](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/3/802383.jpg)
![Chindogu (cbin-DOH-goo), noun. A silly, but not altogether useless, invention. Language of origin: Japanese CRACKED http://www.chindagu.com/](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/7/802387.jpg)
![Danish BAGSTIV when you wake up still drunk from the previous night CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/1/802391.jpg)
![Kabelsalat (kab-bell-sab-LAHD), noun. That tangled mass of wires under your desk. Literally: Cable salad. Language of origin: German CRACKED.co shttp://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en//GIC/TWIG WoW/2013/43-Kabelsalat html](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/2/802382.jpg)
![Kummerspeck (KOO-ma-schpeck) noun. Excess weight gain caused by emotional eating. 120 140 160 180 100 200 80 220 60 240 40 260 20 0 280 Language of origin: German CRACKED.co Mhttp://wwww.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/ Dr/GIC/TWIG WoW/2012/44-Kummerspeck.html](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/1/802381.jpg)
![Spanish PENA AJENA when you're embarrassed on someone else's behalf CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/9/0/802390.jpg)
![Gadrii Nombor Shulen Jongu verb. To give an unrelated answer, when asked a question. Language of origin: Tibetan CRACKED.co http://betterthanenglish.com/gadri-nombor-shulen-jongu-tibetan/](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/0/802380.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM COM livslogga /livs-LOGG-ya/ + According to the Swedes, if you continuously take pics to document your life, that's livslogga, or life log.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/7/802367.jpg)
![Tartle (TAR-tull), noun. The moment of panic when you go to introduce somebody, and realize you've forgotten their name. <....> Language of origin: Scots A CRACKED bufetak-kaelling-the-foreign-words-to-which-English-has-no-answer.html](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/9/802379.jpg)
![/SEN-pie/ senpai If you watch anime (or have been on the internet at all), you know that senpai will never notice you. In Japan, a senpai is a senior or a mentor. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/3/802373.jpg)
![Esprit de l'escalier (es-PREE dub less-cub-LYAIR), noun. The perfect response, that you think of a little too late. Literally: The spirit of the stairs. Language of origin: French CRACKED.co fhttp://wordsmith.org/words/esprit escalier html](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/8/802378.jpg)
![Sitzpinkler (ZITS-pink-lah), noun. A man who sits down to pee. Language of origin: German CRACKEDG http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30937492](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/6/802376.jpg)
![gbavning /blog BAV-ning/ Commission 83 BEE H Swedish for blog quake. When a social media topic is suddenly all over major news outlets, there you have a bloggbavning. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/8/802368.jpg)
![Pisan Zapra noun. Soon. Literally: In the time it takes to eat a banana. Language of origin: Malaysian CRACKED.COM ttp.//www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141216-ten-untranslatable-words](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/5/802375.jpg)
![Neidbau (NEED-bow), noun. An unecessary building constructed for the sole purpose of annoying one's neighbor. Language of origin: German CRACKEDG Jon Elster 1999 Alchemies of the Mind: Rationality and the Emotions](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/4/802374.jpg)
![attitydinkontinens /at-tee-TOOD-een-CON-tin-nenz/ Can't keep your opinions to yourself? Then you have what the Swedish call attitydinkontinens, literally attitude incontinence. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/2/802372.jpg)
![Torschlusspanik /TORSCH-luss-panic/ German for gate-shut panic. feel you're running Do you certain out of time to achieve goals? That's Torschlusspanik. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/0/802370.jpg)
![Klittra (KLIT-rub), verb. The female act of masturbation. Literally: Clitoris glitter. Language of origin: Swedish CRACKEDG hhttp://www.dailydot comifestyle/littra-female-masturbation/](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/6/802366.jpg)
![fylleangst /FOO-la-ANGST/ Norwegian for drunk anxiety. Fylleangst did is that feeling of f*ck, what I do last night? that comes with the hangover. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/9/802369.jpg)
![Shemomedjamo (SHAH-moh-med-jah-moh), verb. To eat way too much, because the food tastes so good. Language of origin: sian CRACKEDG Source](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/7/802377.jpg)
![verguenza ajena /ver-GWEN-za-ah-HAY-na/ Sometimes people act in such a way that you feel embarrassed on their behalf. Ever felt this? In Spanish this is called verguenza ajena - shame of others. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/1/802371.jpg)