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Title: WORDS THAT NEED TO EXIST IN ENGLISH
By: James Egan
Format: Paperback

List price: £6.49


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ISBN 10: 1326348108
ISBN 13: 9781326348106
Publisher: LULU.COM
Pub. date: 11 July, 2015
Pages: 97
Synopsis: There are so many great words in different languages which have never become a part of the English vocabulary. Here a few examples - Backpfeifengesicht - a face in desperate need of a fist Kabelsalat - an entanglement of wires (cable salad) Sitzfleisch - to tolerate incredible boring activities Jayus - a joke that is funny because it is so badly told Drachenfutter - the gift a man gives to a woman to make up for his mistake Tartle - the moment when you have to introduce somebody and you realise you forgot his or her name Kummerspeck - eat out of emotion (grief bacon) Age-otoi - to look worse after a haircut Packesel - the person who is stuck with everyone's bag on a trip Mokita - the truth that everyone knows but nobody says Pochemuchka - a person who asks too many questions
Publication: UK
Imprint: Lulu.com
Returns: Non-returnable
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