Cool Foreign Words | Funny Phrases

The English are notoriously bad at learning foreign languages, this is what
they do instead – create funny phrases.

• Ten Cool Foreign Words
• What The Cool
  Foreign Words Were Meant to Say
• Cool
  Meaning for Ordinary Words
• Clever Yet Cool Phrases

Ten Cool Foreign Words – And Their New
Meanings

These funnies were spotted in magazine competition; competitors were
asked to change one letter in a foreign phrases and then redefine the
sentence.

1. Harley-Vous Francais? – Can you drive a French motorcycle?
2. Haste Cuisine – French fast food.
3. Posh Mortem – Aristocratic deaths.
4. Felix Navidad – My cat has a boat.
5. Merci rien- Thanks for nothing.
6. Quip pro quo – A very fast reply.
7. Veni, Vidi, Vice – I came, I saw, I was naughty.
8. Ich liebe rich – I’d love to have lots of money.
9. Amicus Puriae – A platonic friend.
10. Respondez s’il vous plaid – Only come to the party in a kilt.

What The Cool
Foreign Words Were Meant to Say

1. Parlez-vous Francais – Do you speak French?  (Harley as in
   Harley-Davidson motorbike.)
2. Haute Cuisine – Translates from the French
   literally as “high cooking” it refers to quality cooking in good restaurants
3. Post Mortem – Latin for autopsy – to examine a
   body after death
4. Feliz Navidad – Happy Christmas to Spanish
   speakers worldwide
5. Merci bien – Thank you in French – “rien” the French for nothing
6. Quid pro quo – From the Latin “something for something” – an equal exchange
   of goods or services
7. Vene, Vedi, Vici – I came, I saw, I conquered – words
   attributed to Julius Caesar.
8. Ich
   liebe dich – I love you in German
9. Amicus curiae is a legal Latin
   phrase, literally translated as “friend of the court”.
10. RSVP – Please reply  (Answer in French!)

Neologism
Competition – Funny Meaning to Ordinary Words

Every year the Washington Post asks its readers
to dream up alternative, yet cool meanings for ordinary words.  Here are examples:

• Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk
• Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
• Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
• Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you
  are running late.
• Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you’re eating.
• See more funny examples
  of Neologism

Clever Yet Cool Phrases

• Poultry in motion: A chicken crossing the road
• Acupuncture: A jab well done.
• If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
• When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.
• Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead the dough basis.
• See more clever wise words

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