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Kali

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Fri Dec-19-08 05:10 PM
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Sjostygg - improve your vocabulary

Toujours Tingo: Weird words and bizarre phrases

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3830559/Toujours-Tingo-Weird-words-and-bizarre-phrases.html

Toujours Tingo, a book by Adam Jacot de Boinod, lists weird words and bizarre phrases from around the world. The "tingo" of its title is an Easter Island word, meaning to borrow objects from a friend's house one by one until there are none left.

Sjostygg: Norwegian for someone so ugly the tide refuses to come in if they stand on the shore.

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derby378

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Fri Dec-19-08 05:13 PM
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1. I thought that was the name of IKEA's newest sofa

:rofl:

It's lingonberry soda time!

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Kali

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Fri Dec-19-08 11:41 PM
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2. ...

:spray: :rofl:

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