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Published: October 22, 2024 10:21

Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"

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Published: October 21, 2024 16:12

There’s an old Bavarian word that refers to when your eyes go out of focus and, rather than focussing them again, you just stare at nothing for a bit. The word is Goaßschau, which means “goat stare”

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Published: October 21, 2024 13:04

Whether you’re a fan of Hallowe’en or not, you have to give it credit for being the last line of defence against Christmas advancing even earlier into the year, a ragtag gang of goths holding the line against a battalion of baubled barbarians

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Published: October 20, 2024 11:24

Happy Cuban Culture Day! In Cuban slang, if something is extreme or too much to handle you can say “it snores the mango.” If something sucks, or is hard to believe, you can say “it flings the mango.” A clusterfuck or a shitshow is “rice with mango.” And a…

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Published: October 20, 2024 10:57

The last ass-themed day is barely behind us (Ass Appreciation Day was just three moons ago) butt asstonishly there is already another one (today is International Ass Day), so I’m bringing back this thread, just for the crack... [contains quote post or…

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Published: October 19, 2024 14:05

Happy International Sloth Day! If you've ever wondered what noises a sloth makes, then turn your sound on and watch this clip of some baby sloths...

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Published: October 19, 2024 12:49

My latest book is a collection of idioms, proverbs and slang from around the world. It's called The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead and in the UK you can get it from these places (geni.us/yDxa). Outside UK, Blackwell's do free/fast international…

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Published: October 18, 2024 12:57

How the block button on Twitter now works...

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Published: October 18, 2024 11:14

People killed by fruit & veg: 5. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (melon overdose) 4. Comic poet Antiphanes (struck by a pear) 3. Stuntman Bobby Leach (slipped on orange peel) 2. Health-food advocate Basil Brown (carrot juice poisoning) 1. Tory MP William…

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Published: October 17, 2024 15:26

A Romanian way of saying “every cloud has a silver lining” is un șut în fund, un pas înainte. It means “a kick in the ass, a step forward” * Read on for more international ass phrases to mark Ass Appreciation Day, which is of course today…

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Published: October 16, 2024 14:27

“Defibrillator” in ten languages: 10. Defibrillator (German) 9. Defibrillator (Dutch) 8. Defibrillator (Hindi) 7. Defibrillator (Igbo) 6. Defibrillator (Indonesian) 5. Defibrillator (Samoan) 4. Defibrillator (Swahili) 3. Defibrillator (Yoruba) 2.…

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Published: October 16, 2024 11:58

A Danish way to sell someone to calm down / chill the fuck out is spis lige brød til. It means “eat some bread” P.S. Happy World Bread Day, to all who celebrate

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Published: October 15, 2024 10:25

A list of meanings of words for a mushroom in seven different languages... 7. Toad chair (Dutch) 6. Frog’s umbrella (Bengali) 5. Frog’s drum (Mandinka) 4. Deaf ear (Kazakh) 3. Earth dick (Dialectical Uyghur) 2. The thing on which the dog pisses (Hindi) 1.…

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Published: October 14, 2024 15:32

As today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, here's a list of meanings of the word for a horse in five indigenous languages: 5. Burden bearer (Cherokee) 4. It is ridden (Mohawk) 3. Tame elk (Cheyenne) 2. Big deer (Creek) 1. Mystery dog (Lakota)

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Published: October 14, 2024 09:02

Big day in Sweden today as it’s Day of the Shrimp Sandwich (Räkmackans Dag). On a related note, a Swedish phrase about not having to work to get where you are (similar to “born with silver spoon in the mouth”) is att glida in på en räkmacka. It means “to…

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Published: October 13, 2024 16:50

In March 2006, Professor Daniel M. Oppenheimer published a paper that argued writers seem more intelligent when using simple words than fancy ones. His paper was titled “Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with…

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Published: October 12, 2024 11:25

In Spanish slang, speaking with total confidence about a subject you know nothing about can be referred to as cuñadismo. It means “brother-in-law-ism” * read on for more of my favourite words and phrases, from various Spanishes, to mark Spanish Language…

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Published: October 12, 2024 09:11

Today is African Penguin Awareness Day, so I'd like to make you aware of this clip of three African penguins taking a little stroll in the streets of Simon's Town, South Africa