JCC Awesome words not in English

Wendigo.

 

Schadenfreude





Bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel in literary crit), Taiga (like the Tundra but Russian), Iktsuarpok (an Inuit word for stepping out to see if anyone is coming), but my personal favourite is "l'esprit de l'escalier," which is a French term referring to that moment when you realize exactly the right thing to have said after you should have said it.

 

Tenshi

 

Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

 

木漏れ日 pronounced komorebi (こもれび). Worthless word, but pretty.

 

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Μπιτσόμπαρο - pronounced beetsOHbaro, ie beach bar in Greek

 

Chyntuck.

 

I know Rogue1-and-a-half would probably get a kick out of it.