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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Pisan Zapra The time needed to eat a banana Malay time measurement food
Abbiocco The feeling of falling asleep after lunch or dinner Italian food feeling
Şırış Mucus or the sweet sugary residue from fruits or other treats Nogay food
Kummerspeck Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") German food adverse habits
Merienda It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. Spanish food event
Saucer To mop up the sauce from your plate with a piece of bread French action food
Nekojita (ねこじた) Literally "cat's tongue"; a person who is sensitive to hot food and especially hot drinks Japanese food attribute
Surströmmingspremier The first day of the year where it acceptable eat rotten herring. Swedish food event
Mitonner Cooking with passion French food love beauty
Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) To keep eating past the point of being full since the food tastes so good. Georgian food
Tretår A second refill or “threefill” of coffee Swedish measurement food
Pelinti To move hot food around in your mouth Buli food
Pålegg Anything that you can put in a sandwich Norwegian food
Chai-Pani Literal: "tea and water"; the money and favors given to someone to get things done Hindi food action
Pelinti To move hot food around in your mouth Buli food
Empalagada How you feel after having something too sweet Spanish food feeling
Kuidare To eat yourself into backruptcy Japanese food funny
Pålägg Anything that you can put in a sandwich Swedish food attribute
chimak Chicken and beer Korean food
Zechpreller A person who leaves a restaurant without paying German adverse action food
Gamchil Korean word of Umami, best translated as "flavorful" and "tasty." Used often when describing a dish that achieves entirely new level of flavor by combining elements from ukegon, meaning land, sea and sky. Korean food taste
Siwon Usually meanng cool or cold, but when used in the context of dining, means the taste which achieves the ideal umami such that the food feels cool Korean food attribute
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
Fika Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet Swedish food society
Goso When you smell sesame oil - that nutty, flavorful, aromatic - mostly used to describe smells of sesame and/or bean paste Korean sensory food




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