17 Foreign Words English Desperately Needs

📚 🤯 English just doesn’t have enough words. And there are some we desperately need! Can you tell someone they had a crazy idea with just one word? How about making plans for the day after tomorrow? I searched the globe to find 17 of the most interesting words. And I’m here to convince you we need to start using them. Right now.

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0:00 – Intro
0:23 – Shemomechama
1:52 – ib-i simsimhada
2:50 – Abbiocco
4:09 – Sobremesa
6:23 – Iktsuarpok
7:00 – Schnapsidee
8:11 – Hygge
10:23 – Ubuntu
11:43 – Chunibyo
13:12 – Zeg
14:53 – Sommer
16:03 – Lagom
18:04 – Tartle
19:09 – Mamihlapinatapai
20:52 – Treppenwitz
22:07 – Tingo
23:15 – Holoholo

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