At a loss for the right word?

English is a rich and wonderful language - but sometimes it's just not good enough. You might have to go international to find that perfect phrase. I'm adding these gems to my vocabulary pronto:

• Pesamenteiro - Portuguese: one who joins groups of mourners at the home of a dead person, apparently to offer condolences but in reality is just there for the refreshments.

• Gamadj - Obibway, North America: dancing with a scalp in one's hands, in order to receive presents.

• Dona - Yamana, Chile: to take lice from a person's head and squash between one's teeth.

• Baffona - Italian: an attractive moustachioed woman.

• Layogenic - Tagalog, Philippines: a person who is only good looking from a distance.

• Du Kannst Mir Gern Den Buckel Runterrutschen Und Mit Der Zunge Bremsen - Austrian German: abusive insult, literally "you can slide down my hunchback using your tongue as a brake".

These weird and wonderful foreign phrases and more via Dark Roasted Blend.