Vocabulary; The story of English

Squadgoals

Things you want to accomplish with a group (of friends).

Chest bump

Jump up against each other’s chest as a form of greeting

Kodak moment

A precious moment captured by a picture/photo

Video selfie

A video taken with the front camera of your phone or a video of yourself

Fitspo

‘fitspiration’ , Someone inspires you to be healthy and sporty

Image board

A board or a webpage where you can place photos, pictures or quotes that you find inspiring

Drop bears

A drop bear is a mythical koala that has sharp teeth and attacks passengers

Pour-over

Pouring boiled water over a filter with grounded coffee beans

Drinking the haterade

Being negative about something or someone

Funtastic

Amazing

Superfruit

Very beneficial fruits

Shoestring fries

Very thin fries/chips

Frita

Cuban sandwich with pork and shoestring fries

Aquafaba

A substitute for egg whites (used in vegan cooking)

Takoyaki

A Japanese dish made with octopus and cooked in batter

Tonkatsu sauce

A Japanese sauce, thick, sweet and savory

Drunken noodles (=Pad kee mao)

Fried noodles, spicy, mixed with other ingredients

Ras-el-hanout

A Moroccan spice

Cumin

‘komijn’

Coriander

‘koriander’

Chilli

‘chili’

Ginger

‘gember’

Turmeric

‘kurkuma’

Cinnamon

‘kaneel’

Cardamom

‘kardemom’

Climate refugees

A person who has been forced to leave their home as a result of climate change

Climate denier

Someone who doesn’t believe climate change is real or caused by human activity

Negawatts

A unit of energy saved due to conservation efforts

Freecycle

To give something away for free rather than selling it or throwing it away

Flyboarding/Flyboard

A board propelled by jets of water

Skitch

(Skate, ski, hitch  hitching=’aaneenkoppelen’) hitching to a motorized. Vehicle to go faster

HIIT

High intensity interval training

Bracket-buster

A low ranking team that defeats a high ranking team

Brewer’s droop

When you have too much to drink

Drunk-dial

When you make a phone call to someone while drunk, typically one that is embarrassing or foolish

Drunk-text

Send (someone) a text message while drunk, typically one that is embarrassing or foolish

In vino veritas

(in wine there is truth) when you are drunk you’re more likely to tell the truth

Friendsgiving

Thanksgiving with friends

Cat lady

A (lonely) woman living with a lot of cats

Sausage party/fest

An event, party or group in which the majority of participants are male.

Hackfest

An event or gathering dedicated to sharing information about computer programming and software development.

Gorefest

A film, book, or video game involving a great deal of violence or bloodshed.

Lovefest

A lot of affection

Craptacular

Something that you dislike

Craptastic

Crap - fantastic

Unseen

‘ongezien’

Haterade

Being negative

Shamer

‘beschamende’

Uninhabitable

‘onbewoonbaar’

Deciphering

‘ontcijferen’

Haphazardly

At random

Breaded pork

Gepaneerd varkensvlees

Lexicographical

Everything about words, dictionaries

Chickpeas

‘kikkererwten’

Pulses

‘peulen, boontjes’

Markedly

Clearly

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