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Word of the Day Fernweh — Wanderlust; an ache for distant places See details → German

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Kummerspeck — Excess weight from emotional eating
/ KOO-mer-shpek /
German

Literally 'grief bacon'. The weight you gain from stress or emotional eating. One of the most darkly relatable German compound words.

jdoe · 1 week, 5 days ago · 2 comments
Verschlimmbessern — To make something worse while trying to improve it
/ fer-SHLIM-bess-ern /
German

The act of making something worse in an attempt to improve it. Every developer has experienced this with a 'quick fix'.

jdoe · 1 week, 5 days ago · 2 comments
Fernweh — Wanderlust; an ache for distant places
/ FERN-veh /
German

Literally 'far-sickness', the opposite of homesickness — a craving for travel and distant places you've never been.

jdoe · 1 week, 5 days ago · 2 comments