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HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts) Sun Jun 24, 2012, 08:50 PM Jun 2012

A fervent wish

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A fervent wish (Original Post) HarveyDarkey Jun 2012 OP

Or we would suffer from kummerspeck csziggy Jun 2012 #1

csziggy

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1. Or we would suffer from kummerspeck

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Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:46 AM

Jun 2012

Kummerspeck

German
Etymology
Composed of Kummer (“grief”) and Speck (“bacon”).
Noun

Kummerspeck m (genitive singular Kummerspecks)

(uncountable) Excess weight gained due to emotional overeating.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kummerspeck

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