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Wednesday Word: Fartlek
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calzephyr77.livejournal.comFartlek - noun
Fartlek, meaning "speed play" in Swedish, is a training technique for runners. Periods of strenuous and intense activity alternate with periods of less intense activity. Casual runners may know this as "run a minute, walk a minute" while building stamina. Fartlek training is generally less structured than traditional interval training methods.
Fartlek, meaning "speed play" in Swedish, is a training technique for runners. Periods of strenuous and intense activity alternate with periods of less intense activity. Casual runners may know this as "run a minute, walk a minute" while building stamina. Fartlek training is generally less structured than traditional interval training methods.
Wednesday Word: Julebukking
Dec. 30th, 2020 10:17 pmcalzephyr77.livejournal.comJulebukking - noun.
Julebukking is a Scandinavian tradition that you too may have also learned about through a Facebook post. It sounds similar to Halloween in North America--celebrants go door to door wearing costumes and masks. Sometimes the visitors sing and receive candy.
According to Wikipedia, the tradition may have originated in Norway during pre-Christian pagan times.
Julebukking is a Scandinavian tradition that you too may have also learned about through a Facebook post. It sounds similar to Halloween in North America--celebrants go door to door wearing costumes and masks. Sometimes the visitors sing and receive candy.
According to Wikipedia, the tradition may have originated in Norway during pre-Christian pagan times.
Friday word: Tretar, and more
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med_catA few of the words from this list had been posted to this comm before, but the illustrations are wonderful.
I'll highlight just one:
Tretar :
See the rest in THIS ARTICLE from Brainpickings
I'll highlight just one:
Tretar :
See the rest in THIS ARTICLE from Brainpickings
Saturday & Sunday Word: Goya & Mångata
Sep. 29th, 2013 02:22 amtheidolhands.livejournal.com
Go·ya (ˈgȯi(y)ə\):
origin: Spain (1828), from Francisco de Goya y Lucientes; a painter. Also: Pakistan.
noun
1. deeper than "geranium red" with more yellow, bluer and deeper than "cherry red"
→ names: cadmium carmine, currant, English red, English vermilion, minium, oriental red, orient red, red currant, vermilion
verb
2. [گویا] Urdu word; "As if" or to experience something like it's happening, such as in good storytelling.
→ Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, also an official language in five of the Indian states
( Mångata )
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noun.
1. a small tin pan or saucepan with a long handle.
2. a small piece of inclosed (fenced or surrounded on all sides) ground.
verb.
1. to strive or struggle; to toil without much progress.
2. to dawdle or trifle with one's food; to eat with little appetite.
Etymology: The word seems to originate from Swedish pyngla, to toil with little effect. In use in English since at least the 1600s: "...great drinkers, who for the most part do (as we fay) but pingle at their meat, and eat little" - English naturalist John Ray.
According to The English Dialect Dictionary, pingling is "the act of struggling or striving for a livelihood...without much success". Now that's a word we could use in modern English.
noun.
1. a small tin pan or saucepan with a long handle.
2. a small piece of inclosed (fenced or surrounded on all sides) ground.
verb.
1. to strive or struggle; to toil without much progress.
2. to dawdle or trifle with one's food; to eat with little appetite.
Etymology: The word seems to originate from Swedish pyngla, to toil with little effect. In use in English since at least the 1600s: "...great drinkers, who for the most part do (as we fay) but pingle at their meat, and eat little" - English naturalist John Ray.
According to The English Dialect Dictionary, pingling is "the act of struggling or striving for a livelihood...without much success". Now that's a word we could use in modern English.
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Oct. 24th, 2011 09:33 amnerdfury.livejournal.comSo today is my Monday morning, and I've been trying to post since yesterday morning, but Batman: Arkham City has been distracting! It's not my fault the Joker is causing trouble again, and I need to stop him. :(
More Words With No English Equivalent!
(until some smart-ass tells me otherwise)
Zeg
(Georgian)
“The day after tomorrow.” Seriously, why don’t we have a word for that in English?
Pålegg
(Norwegian)
Anything you might consider putting into a sandwich. A very generic term.
Lagom
(Swedish)
This word is hard to define, but means something like, “Not too much, and not too little, but juuuuust right.”
Tartle
(Scots)
The nearly onomatopoeic word for that panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can’t quite remember. That's why I like Facebook on my phone - I can totally look them up and see who they are first!
sakai-yukari.livejournal.comTappen [tæp-pən]
noun
Definition:
A plug of indigestible materials that forms in a bear's anus during hibernation.
Etymology:
From the Swedish/Norwegian, tapp-en, 'the plug'.
Usage:
That cork is stuck in that wine bottle tighter than a tappen in a bear's behind.
Notes/Additional Info:
And now it's possible that you all hate me for that mental image. You are welcome. There are many theories as to why a tappen forms, including that it prevents insects from entering the bear's digestive tract or prevents the bear from defecating and attracting scavengers or predators. Apparently passing the tappen post-hibernation is quite painful, although I am unsure as to how we know this. Most useless word ever, woo hoo!
noun
Definition:
A plug of indigestible materials that forms in a bear's anus during hibernation.
Etymology:
From the Swedish/Norwegian, tapp-en, 'the plug'.
Usage:
That cork is stuck in that wine bottle tighter than a tappen in a bear's behind.
Notes/Additional Info:
And now it's possible that you all hate me for that mental image. You are welcome. There are many theories as to why a tappen forms, including that it prevents insects from entering the bear's digestive tract or prevents the bear from defecating and attracting scavengers or predators. Apparently passing the tappen post-hibernation is quite painful, although I am unsure as to how we know this. Most useless word ever, woo hoo!
