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[excusemyfrench]

My life is forever better thanks to "The Last Page" in the current issue of the Smithsonian. I now know the following words and will spend the rest of my years on this Earth trying to figure out how to squeeze them into everyday conversation.

Backpfeifengesicht: German for "face that cries out for a fist in it."
Kummerspeck: German for the excess

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[excusemyfrench]

neither do i! i want to make several photocopies of the article and wallpaper my bedroom with it, no joke.

[ladieschoir]

oh my gosh, i am a smithsonian magazine addict too!!!

[excusemyfrench]

i had never read it before until i picked it up to see their story on edvard munch. it's quite delightful!

[ladieschoir]

i just got a subscription from my mom on valentine's day.

[excusemyfrench]

oh wow! i really want to take german now. any language that has a phrase for "Grief Bacon" is pretty much worth studying, in my opinion.