We have alot of slang terms, here's some.
16. Lagom (Swedish)
Maybe Goldilocks was Swedish? This slippery little word is hard to define, but means something like, “Not too much, and not too little, but juuuuust right.”
MEH
I also hear alot of
spanish French and Italian used like MEZZA MEZZA and comme ci comme ça (well I looked it up and its actually originally french not Spanish)
37 & 38. Schlemiel and schlimazel (Yiddish)
Someone prone to bad luck. Yiddish distinguishes between the schlemiel and schlimazel, whose fates would probably be grouped under those of the klutz in other languages. The schlemiel is the traditional maladroit, who spills his coffee; the schlimazel is the one on whom it's spilled.
Klutz is pretty much adopted in English isn't it?
5. Backpfeifengesicht (German)
A face badly in need of a fist.
FuckFace
15. Fremdschämen (German); Myötähäpeä (Finnish)
The kinder, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to "vicarious embarrassment.”
Had to google what the hell this one was.
Vicarious embarrassment (also known as secondhand, empathetic, or third party embarrassment) is the feeling of embarrassment from observing the embarrassing actions of another person.
I don't think there is even a one word slang for this one.
We generally say "I'm embarrassed for[whomever].
Or "Sucks to be you". Lol
19. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
Or there's this Japanese slang term, which describes the experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.
ButterFace (Hot But her face)
2 Bagger (one over her head and one over yours in case hers falls off)
28. Boketto (Japanese)
It’s nice to know that the Japanese think enough of the act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking to give it a name.
Zoning
32. Hygge (Danish)
Denmark’s mantra, hygge is the pleasant, genial, and intimate feeling associated with sitting around a fire in the winter with close friends.
Cozy?
Nathty is an word that they don't have in any other language.
Anyway, off to bed, have fun the other shift.
Oh wait, it means
new all time high this year
Only used in this thread, I'll have to remember it.