Word USED Frequently BY youngsters and former teens
(adj.) • (heavy) • Cool or awesome. Can be used alone to succinctly express approval.
"Je me suis acheté une nouvelle paire de pompes, elles sont confortables et stylées." "Lourd."
"I just bought a new pair of shoes, they're comfy and classy." "Cool."
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(adj.) • Expression of approval. It's a clipping of the word spokojnie (calmly). It can also be used as an adjective.
"Twoi rodzice wydają się całkiem spoko."
"Your parents seem pretty cool."
German German speaking countries
Word USED Very frequently BY Young People
(adj.) • (horny) • Used to refer to something really good.
"Heute ist geiles Wetter."
"It's good weather today."
Word USED On Rare Occasion BY Adults
(adj.) • (prince delicious) • Comfortable, at ease, relaxed, satisfied
"Kijk hem nou prinsheerlijk op z'n bootje varen."
"Look at him prince delicious on his little boat."
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(adjective) • Equivalent to the English "cool".
"Наконец-то купил себе велосипед." "О, круто."
"I finally bought myself a bicycle." "Wow, cool."
Dutch | Drenths & Gronings Noord-Nederland, Netherlands
Word USED Frequently BY friends & acquaintances
(interj.) • It's a local variety of 'hi', can also be used as a parting-greeting. I believe it to stem from either 'goedemorgen' (good morning) or 'mooi(e dag)' or something similar (which means beautiful (day)) but this is guesswork on my part.
“Moi, hoe is 't?” Ok, moi hè!
“Hi, how is it?” “Ok, bye”
Word USED Frequently BY Young People
(adj.) • Great
"Sut roedd y parti? Roedd hi'n grêt!"
"How was the party? It was great!"
Word USED Frequently BY Young People
(adj.) • (beautiful) • It’s a way to say “hello” to your friends in Rome. It can be followed by their name or by “zì” (lit. “uncle”), which means “bro”.
"Bella, zì!" "Bella, Simo!"
"Hello, bro!" "Hello, Simon!"
German | Bavarian Bavaria, Germany
Word USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(noun) • This year.
"Heier ist das Wetter recht schlecht."
"This year the weather is pretty bad."
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(adverb) • Argentinians, especially those from Buenos Aires, use "buenas" as a greeting word. It means "hello", but it is shortened from regular greetings like "buen día" (good day) or "buenas tardes" (good afternoon). "Buenas" is used informally, amongst friends or even co-workers with whom you might have a friendly relationship with.
"Buenas, ¿cómo andan?"
"Goods, how's it going?"
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(n.) • (garden snake) • Garden hose.
"Ik giet de bloemetjes met de tuinslang."
"I water the flowers with the garden snake."
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (noiseless fart) • In Maltese there is a distinction between ''bassa'' (a fart) and a ''fiswa'' (a noiseless fart). ''Fiswa'' is also used for someone who divulges secrets, pokes their nose in other people's business or who simply is irritating. According to a local proverb, ''bassa daħka u fiswa ġlieda'', literally ''a fart is a laugh and a fiswa is a fight''. Nobody admits to breaking wind silently.
"Kxiftni, ja fiswa!"
"You've given me away, you noiseless fart!"
Submitted August 2020 by malti
Word USED Very frequently BY Tamil people
(interj.) • It is a form of a greeting. Used to say hello and bye. Even when a call is answered “Vanakkam” is the first word they say and not “hello”.
"வணக்கம் நீங்க எப்படி இருக்கிரீங்க?"
"Hello. How are you doing?"
Submitted August 2020 by sandhya
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(interj.) • Used as a greeting and a farewell.
"Bok! Kako si?"
"Hi! How are you?"
Word USED Frequently BY Young People
(adverb) • means "Hey there." Basic greeting phrases can sound too formal when you are talking to your friends, so you often use it instead. You can use it any time of the day. It's also a classic thing people can say to a mountain when you climb up to the top of another one and can see the other.
"やっほー!元気?"
"Hi! How are you?"
Submitted August 2020 by yuka
Word USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(interj.) • A happy, funny, positive way to say "hello".
"Halløjsa, hvordan har du det i dag?"
"Hey ya there, how are you today?"
Word USED On Rare Occasion BY Young People
(noun) • (sweat mustache) • The sweat on your upper lip. Though it can be used by anyone, it seems to be most often used by women.
"Het is zo warm, ik heb de hele dag al een zweetsnor."
"It is so hot, I've had a sweat mustache all day."
Word USED On Rare Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(v.) • (disimproving) • To worsen something whilst trying to improve something.
"Ich wollte den Fleck entfernen, aber jetzt ist es schlimmer als zuvor..." "Das hast du richtig schön verschlimmbessert!"
"I wanted to get rid of that stain, but now it’s even worse..." "You’ve disimproved it very nicely!"
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • It's a term of affection usually used by an older person. It has 2 meanings: son/daughter or friend/buddy/dude.
"¿Qué estás haciendo mijo?"
"Dude, what are you doing?"