Word USED On Occasion BY Older Generations, Countryside people
(n.) • (whistler) • Used to refer to a groundhog, mostly because of the sounds they make when angry (that sounds like a sharp whistle).
"J'ai fini par attraper le siffleux qui détruisait mon jardin !"
"I finally caught the whistler that was destroying my garden!"
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(noun) • Word from the Quechua language meaning 'increase' and people usually say that when they receive some extra for free when they purchase at markets or local stores.
"Bien, aquí tiene, un kilo de manzanas y va con yapa."
"OK, there you have it, one kilo of apples and something extra"
Submitted December 2020 by pinodiaz
Word USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(noun) • (behind Posemuckel) • A faraway place which is rural and far away from everything important. The back of beyond.
"Wir hatten uns verfahren und landeten dann irgendwo in Hinterposemuckel."
"We got lost and ended up somewhere behind Posemuckel."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED In the past BY Older Generations
(adjective) • This word describes someone who wants to struggle to do something.
"Ce se tot coțopenește cu cazmaua aia?"
"Why is he struggling with that shovel?"
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY Some People
(n.) • Used to talk about a far away and/or unknown place.
"Il est parti à Pétaouchnok."
"He went to Pétaouchnok."
Word USED On Occasion BY Most People
(noun) • A far away place, often isolated.
“¡Diablos! ¡Eso queda en el jurutungo!” “Tú vives en el jurutungo.”
“Damn! That’s very far away!” “You live too far away.”
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(noun) • (where wolves go to mate) • A very remote and unknown place or in the middle of nowhere.
"U sred smo neke vukojebine."
"We're in the middle of somewhere where wolves go to mate."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(verb) • To lime means to hang out.
"We were liming at the mall yesterday."
Submitted December 2020 by ttchatterbox
Word USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(noun) • Used to refer to an object - usually a small one - which name one has forgotten, does not know or when the name is not important at the moment of speaking. Similar to "thingy".
"Co jest z tym radiem?" "A, taki wihajster się ułamał i nie działa."
"What's with this radio?" "Ah, a wihajster broke off and it doesn't work."
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • A noun used to describe any very small thing, or small part of a substance, e.g. a speck of dust.
"Is no was vom Speck über?" "Nur mehr a Fuzerl."
"Is there something left of the bacon?" "Only a small bit"
Submitted December 2020 by lechnermichi
Word USED On Occasion BY People Over 40
(noun) • A turncoat, someone who changes opinion/position/ideas in order to gain some benefit.
"Quel tizio ha completamente cambiato idea pur di non perdere il posto, è proprio un voltagabbana."
"That guy completely changed his mind to avoid being fired, he's a real turncoat."
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(verb) • (done looking) • To no longer be interested in something. Doesn't have to be a visual thing.
"Ik ben inmiddels wel een beetje uitgekeken op al die nieuwe smaken koffie bij Starbucks."
"I am kind of done looking at all those new flavours of coffee at Starbucks."
English
East Anglia and Essex,
England
Word USED On Occasion BY Most People
(adjective) • Shanny means scatter-brained or foolish. It is equivalent to 'duzzy' and 'diddy', other Norfolk dialect words meaning silly or foolish.
"That new friend o' yarn, she be a shanny sort of flart."
"Your new friend is a scatter-brained fool."
Submitted November 2020 by anonymous
Word USED Frequently BY Young People
(noun) • Rolê is used to talk about the plans and the places you go to have fun with your friends, or simply describe the act of going out somewhere. It can also be used to say that something will be difficult to achieve, and you feel kinda lazy about doing it.
"E ai povo, qual o rolê de sexta feira?" "Que rolê pra chegar na sua casa, hein? É muito longe!"
"What's up guys, what's Friday's rolê?" "What a rolê it is to get to your house, huh? It's too far away!"
Submitted November 2020 by ritacorazza
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(adjective) • (corona tired) • Used by people who are tired of the situation surrounding Corona, or tired of having to hear or talk about it all the time.
"Ik ben inmiddels toch wel een beetje coronamoe."
"I am a bit corona tired now."
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(noun) • (on the table) • Time spent sitting at the table after lunch chatting or watching TV (usually drinking coffee).
"Entresemana no tengo tiempo, como y voy a trabajar. Por eso, los domingos disfruto de las sobremesas con la familia."
"I have no time on week days I eat, and I go to work. For this reason, on Sundays I enjoy on the table with the family."
Submitted November 2020 by holayadios
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(noun) • Small enterprise, usually a bar, selling mainly drinks and tapas, and sometimes meals, in a more or less provisional building, often on a beach or loose surface where a more permanent structure may be inviable.
"Después de disfrutar de una mañana en la playa iremos a hacer el aperitivo al chiringuito".
"After enjoying the morning at the beach we will have an apertiff in the beachside chiringuito."
Submitted November 2020 by holayadios
Word USED Very frequently BY Most People
(n.) • A ball sack, someone who's a pure idiot.
"Shut yer weesht ya wee bawbag!"
"Shut up you small ball sack"
Submitted November 2020 by o11yw3bb
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(noun) • Since the end of World War II, it's used by Northern Italians to call immigrants from the South. It derives from the world "terra" (land), because while the North was industrialised, the Southern economy was still based on agriculture and landowning.
"Sono nato a Palermo, vivo a Milano solo da un paio d'anni." "Oh, allora sei un terrone!"
"I was born in Palermo, I've been living in Milan just for a couple years." "Oh, so you're a terrone!"
