Kummerspeck
(German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
Paper-belly
A person unable to drink liquor straight, or one who grimaces after drinking.
Petrichor
The clean, pleasant smell that accompanies rain falling on dry ground. It’s from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the blood of Greek gods and goddesses). The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964.
milliHelen
The quantity of beauty required to launch just one ship.
Dysania
Having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning.
Karoshi
(Japanese) Death from being overworked.
Lawn Mullet
A neatly manicured front yard and an unmowed mess in the back.
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