l'esprit d'escalier (French = "the spirit of the staircase")

thinking of something clever after the fact

Ohrwurm (German = "ear worm")

something that gets stuck in your head

trying to make a joke but failing

one who sticks stubbornly to old ways

Backpfeifengesicht (German = "slap face")

someone who deserves to be slapped

letting people do what they want

someone who wanders around a city

a know-it-all who tries to impress others

being raised by one's grandmother

when you can't remember someone's name

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defenestrate
to make dark
to tear apart
to throw out a window
to defend
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nelipot
getting stuck in between
a dish served in Nigeria
a kind of Russian teapot
walking without shoes
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jentacular
particular
gentlemanly
having to do with breakfast
funny
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pyknic
an old-fashioned picnic
a type of picnic held in Finland
short and fat
a rare disease of the liver
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Kummerspeck (German = "grief bacon")
eating one's emotions
a very fat person
a hog that appears to be sad all the time
a type of thick bacon
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l'esprit d'escalier (French = "the spirit of the staircase")
thinking of something clever after the fact
someone who is high-spirited
a French type of demon
a ghost that haunts staircases
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pablum
pandering
a shirt collar
idiotic entertainment
a body part
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farctate
being too thin
farting loudly
being stuffed with food
farting too often
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Ohrwurm (German = "ear worm")
a type of brain disease
a city in central Austria
something that gets stuck in your head
a worm that resembles an ear
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Luftmensch (Yiddish = "air person")
a spirit
a pointless person
a flirt
a dreamer
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witzelsucht
longing for home
trying to make a joke but failing
being funny
a type of torture in medieval Germany
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gongoozler
someone who drinks too much
someone who stares idly
someone who has oddly-shaped eyes
someone who runs away
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caoutchouc (French)
a tire
full of chocolate
chaotic
a rocky road
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expectorate
throw up
spit
throw in the air
give away one's possessions
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onychophagy
eating unique foods
biting one's nails
eating snails
eating pieces of candy
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inaniloquent
speaking stupidly
speaking to animals
speaking well
being on top of something
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mulligrubs
being dejected
a kind of British breakfast bread
an evil demon
the area around a window
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mumpsimus
one who sits around on the couch
one who sticks stubbornly to old ways
a type of flowering plant
one who spreads disease
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Backpfeifengesicht (German = "slap face")
someone who deserves to be slapped
someone who is red in the face
the face you make after a joke is told
a really ugly person
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thelemic
letting people do what they want
eating too little
keeping strict rules
wearing small pants
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dippoldism
being a twin
using multiplication tables
having two legs
beating school children
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brevirostrate
kneeling before a podium
having a small nose
soft-spoken
not saying much
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tachyphagia
being unintelligent
eating horses
eating glue
eating quickly
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flaneure
a type of flower
someone who wanders around a city
a flutist
a florist
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philosophunculist
a know-it-all who tries to impress others
another name for Plato
the uncle of a philosopher
a fake philosopher
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autolatry
self-driving car
self love
self-teaching
self pleasuring
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zenzizenzizenic
using zippers
zany
pertaining to the eighth power
xenophobic
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quidnunc
a nosy person
a smart person
a friendly person
a quiet person
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mammothrept
being raised by one's grandmother
someone killed by an elephant
being a mammal
swept away by the ocean
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lollygag
lie around
let one's tongue hang out
an idiot
a type of joke
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abecedarian
learning the alphabet
illiterate
abasing oneself
forgetting things
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Turkish = "there are forty foxes in his head and their tails never touch"
he is very clever
he acts like an animal
he is crazy
he is stupid
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wanweird
good luck
bad luck
not that strange
really strange
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woebegone
distrust of those who leave
deep hatred
completely dejected
causing sadness
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aguafiestas (Spanish = "water party")
a party-pooper
a pool party
an idiot
being soaked to the skin
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unter vier Augen (German = "under four eyes")
wearing glasses
witnessed by more than one person
privately, between two people
proven to be true
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agerasia
well-dressed
how people in Asia age
having had plastic surgery
looking younger than one's age
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xenobombulate
to walk strangely
bomb with balloons
a type of ancient warfare
to hurt others
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cagamosis
being moist
a rare type of cat
having an unhappy marriage
a disease that Moses had
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cacchination
an Italian dish
loud laughter
shade
a country led by idiots
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tartle
when you can't remember someone's name
to startle momentarily
a type of plaid
a type of horse

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