Everyone’s like “those Germans have a word for everything” but English has a word for tricking someone into watching the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.
English has a lot more words created for very specific phenomena! It’s not just rick-rolling. Language is always evolving and it’s super interesting! Here’s a list of hyper-specific/untranslatable words in English.
I hate it when I see an unflattering pic of me and my friends are all like what no you look fine!!! you look normal! it’s like……damn……so I’m that ugly all the time
A selection of very, very fluffy cats by Kamwei Fong, shared on the blog today:
on my way to steal your garden veggies
The King Shot nuclear test in Nevada, November 15, 1952, part of Operation Ivy. (Department of Energy)
Dale Hansen preaching again
Wow. Just… wow.
“It’s getting harder to enjoy the day”
“We’re worried about going to other countries, but they should be worrying about coming to ours.”