¿Camarón pela'o tú quieres? Camarón pela'o te doy! ¿Camaron pela'o prefieres? Con salsita y con limón! Do you want peeled shrimp? I give you peeled shrimp! Do you prefer peeled shrimp? With a little sauce and lemon! This is arguably the purest expression of love in music.

Camaron Pelao

Los Polifaceticos · Lo Mejor De Los 70's · Song · 2006

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the coconut was named after a ghost demon!: "[it] wants to resemble a nose placed between two round eyes, from where it throws the sprout, when it wants to be born; by reason of such figure, it was called by our [men] coco, name imposed by the women on anything they want to put fear to the children"

如虎添翼 - Literally: “like a tiger that has grown wings”. Further strengthening; with redoubled power

Dragonfly in Welsh: gwas y neidr - From gwas (“servant”) +‎ y (“(of) the”) +‎ neidr(“snake”). Do the Welsh know something we don’t?

gwas y neidr - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Some Like It Hot (1959) Director: Billy Wilder

Shitgibbon - A type of compound word used as an insult, consisting of a single-syllable expletive, followed by an absurd or innocuous two-syllable noun that usually forms a trochee.

Related: Bahuvrihi - a type of compound word that denotes a referent by specifying a certain characteristic or quality the referent possesses…from Sanskrit: बहुव्रीहि, 'having much rice', originally referring to fertile land but later denoting the quality of being wealthy or rich. See English “lowlife”

Cantamañanas - one who “sings tomorrows” = bullshitter. “Someone who lacks integrity and never keeps their promises is the type of person who claims they will sing tomorrow, even though we know they won't.”

A schlemiel is somebody who often spills his soup, and a schlimazel is the person it lands on.

Chinese proverb of the day — from the 11th century (!!): 三日不讀書，面目可憎 Literally: If you don't read for three days, you will become unattractive. If you are not diligent in your studies, you will remain ignorant, and nobody will be attracted to you.

울고 웃고 그러면 똥구멍에 털이나온다. “If you start laughing in the midst of crying, you will grow hair out of your butt. Small horns will also grow out of your butt. When horns and hair grow out of your butt, it has a bad connotation.”

In other nose-related etymological news, “nostril” = “nose +‎ “thirl”. A “thirl” = “hole”, but also a “smoot”. A “smoot”, in turn, is either a “small opening built into a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through”, or alternatively 5 feet 7 inches, the exact height of this guy Oliver Smoot.

Smoot - Wikipedia

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The eyes may be the “window of the soul”, but in Spanish the nostril is the “window of the nose”.

Check out the translation for "ventana de la nariz" on SpanishDictionary.com!

Translate millions of words and phrases for free on SpanishDictionary.com, the world's largest Spanish-English dictionary and translation website.

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My Nathan For You business idea of the day: Spinning with Sartre: a workout class where, instead of motivational platitudes, a chain-smoking French intellectual explains existentialism over increasingly ominous techno. Hell may be other people, but heaven is better glutes!

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Webb Pierce’s 1953 honky-tonk classic “There Stands the Glass” is just Chopin’s Nocturne No. 8 with a steel guitar and a drinking problem.

There Stands The Glass

Webb Pierce · 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce · Song · 2001

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"No streaming services, just a bunch of dusty books on crude shelves. When I complained, the owner just stared and said, 'Books are the treasured wealth of the world.' WTF? I missed the season premiere of Billions." — 1 Star

Airbnb Reviews of Henry David Thoreau’s Cabin

No streaming services, just a bunch of dusty books on crude shelves. When I complained, the owner just stared and said, ‘Books are the treasured wealth of th...

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😪 sleepy + 🤡 clown =

Inspired by this statue from fb marketplace, a comparative exegetical study of the Noble Eightfold Path and The Ten Crack Commandments - see 🧵

"Upon receiving word of Albertine's death, jump behind the bookcase to fight the narrator’s doppelgänger, Warcel. Defeat him without taking any damage, and you’ll also be challenged by Robert de Saint-Loup’s lavender-clad copycat, Wobert de Walla-Woup." (Hsppy b-day, Marcel!)

How to Unlock Luigi in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time

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Seen while shopping for dog cargo liners. I guess the Tiger King needs to transport his animals too🤷

Apparently, in 17th century China, potters got really good at making hyperrealistic nuts out of clay. The style was revived in the 20th century because we had not yet reached Peak Hyperrealistic Clay Nut. Honestly? Fair.

TIL: The raccoon, to a surprising number of quite disparate world languages, is the “wash bear”, derived from its habit of appearing to wash its food.

Sometimes dual language signs really highlights how much better other languages are at expressing certain things. Compare “to give birth” with “dar a luz” (“to give to the light”) spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/20...

What is the origin of "dar a luz", referring to giving birth?

Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "dar a luz", meaning "give birth"? Where or whom did this phrase come from? Is it unique to the Spanish language?

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Just read this collection. Profound and silly in equal measure. Would highly recommend!

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It’s been said that nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless they've had a dog. Billy Collins agrees, and he recently released his 12th volume of poetry, called “Dog Show." https://to.pbs.org/4qlm9sj

“Musicians belong to very specific archetypes nowadays,” he says. “Everyone is a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy.” Tabakis defies all that. “He’s a nice change from the typical artist.”

‘Techno in a monastery – are you ready?’ The Greek priest whose doom metal album is the year’s hippest record

His church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin

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The Senegalese football team is nicknamed “the lions of teranga”. Aside from a reference to the country’s literal lions, “lions” connote ferocity. “Teranga”is a Wolof word summarizing the Senegalese national character, and roughly means “hospitality”. “Fiercely hospitable” is a great vibe!

Know the nicknames of Group C teams at the TotalEnergies AFCON 2023

As we approach the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d’Ivoire 2023, we take a close look at the nicknames of the teams in Group C of the competition.

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The original World Cup trophy was stolen (!!) twice (!!) & recovered by a dog (!!) — named Pickles (!!) — who received a silver medal, became a cult hero, and went on to star in movies and tv shows, including The Spy with a Cold Nose. He was named dog of the year. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickles...

Pickles (dog) - Wikipedia

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open.spotify.com/track/7dyCxq... Anthem of newborns everywhere: Kiss i sängen och ha det bra, ligga lita och fundera Varm om stjärten som en sommardag, jag tror jag kissar lite mera Pee in bed and have a good time, lie down and think Warm as a summer's day, I think I'll pee a little more

Kiss i sängen

Åttopojat · Kauneimmat snapsilaulut · Song · 2003

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"Their tiny hands and capless knees can take them anywhere: under fences, over flowerbeds, and through your open windows. Use wedge locks to ensure your windows can’t be opened more than four inches, as most babies are taller than this."

How to Baby-Proof Your Home

“Baby gates are great for keeping babies out of places you don’t want them to go, like inside your home. String several gates together with zip ties to form ...

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