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pronunciation | (jahn-eh-mahn)
submitted by | serenfoursk
script | जानेमन Hindi, جان ِ من Urdu
pronunciation | in-‘dur-a-tIz
pronunciation | ‘red-a-“man-sE
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pronunciation | ‘tor-pe (torr-peh)
note | this torpe is Tagalog slang; it also means something like “clumsy” or “awkward” in Spanish. it can apply vice versa as well: a woman who is desperately in love with a man. or any combination of people thereof.
pronunciation | koy nO yO-kan
submitted by | sterlingfink
submit words | here
pronunciation | tze-‘da-ka
submitted by | my mother (hi, mom!)
submit words | here
pronunciation | kyem
pronunciation | in-ka-‘les-snt
pronunciation | ‘skin-ship
a brief history | This is a pseudo-English word coined by Japanese speakers referencing existing English words; it is not strictly English. Transliterated into Japanese, it is something like スキンシップ; in Korean, which has adopted the word, it is 스킨십. It can connote ‘sharing a bath naked’, but more often has the platonic context.
pronunciation | b-‘she-rt (buh-SHEHRT)
submitted by | arianaelizabeth
submit words | here
Hebrew script | באשַערט
whoops | thanks to platypusnoise, xxcoloring-outside-the-linesxx, herecomesthewater, anonymous, for reminding me that Hebrew is read right to left
pronunciation | ‘miz-pa
submitted by | afemmesnowwhite
submit words | here
pronunciation | ‘sau-“da-dE
with thanks to | anonymous for the proper definition
