Words Without Words

Skimming the news between classes today across I came across this book on the BBC. There are some great words defined just within the article, and I might have to pick up the book itself.

My faves of the bunch in the article:

"The Japanese have bakku-shan - a girl who appears pretty from behind but not from the front."

"...a Backpfeifengesicht - a face that cries out for a fist in it."

"Which brings us back to de Boinod's title: tingo is an invaluable word from the Pascuense language of Easter Island meaning "to borrow objects from a friend's house, one by one, until there's nothing left"."