Fun Words To Work Into Your Everyday Conversations

From Mental Floss.





Kummerspeck
(German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.

Paper-belly
A person unable to drink liquor straight, or one who grimaces after drinking.

Petrichor
The clean, pleasant smell that accompanies rain falling on dry ground. It’s from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the blood of Greek gods and goddesses). The term was coined by