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Sandra looked sadly at her plate of mashed potatoes. This was the fifth time her father had cooked it in a week. There must be a word to show how she was feeling.

English did not have one, but what about TagalogA language spoken in the Philippines.? Ah, yes! "Umay": "The feeling of having had too much of the same food over and over again, so that you cannot face another bite of it."

An American dictionaryA book with a big list of words and their meanings. company is looking for examplesA thing that shows what something is like. of words that cannot be said in English. There have been many amazing suggestions. Here are some of the best:

Kabelsalat (or "cable salad"): A German word for when you find lots of wires all tangledTwisted into a mess. up.

Tsonduku: A Japanese word meaning to buy new books even when you have lots you have not read yet.

Iktsuarpok: A InuitGroups of indigenous peoples living in the Arctic and subarctic regions. word for the exciting but nervousWorried or anxious about something that is about to happen. feeling you get when someone is about to arrive.

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Verschlimmbessern: A German word for when you try to make things better but end up making them worse.

Television star Susie Dent is a words expertSomeone who knows a lot about a particular subject.. She points out that there are some old English words too, that most people have forgotten. One is "mumpsimus", or a person who keeps saying they are right, even when it is clear they are wrong.

Yes! Many scientists think that the words we have in our heads affectInfluence, impact or make a difference to. the way we understand the world around us. We cannot feel something unless we already have a word to describeSay what something is like. it.

No: The reason we like to find new words that do not exist in English is they describe things we feel but have never been able to say.