… an old tin. Have a great weekend!
New things.
A shelf update with cork boards, stamp collections, pins, colour sets, labels & more.
ABC. 28.06.2012
An inverted neon alphabet, made of glass tubing and silver. The metal has oxidised which gives it that nice colour gradation. Made by via Lin Morris.
10 more handy words that don’t exist in the English dictionary.
You can find the first 25 here. Words found via Mental Floss & Matador Network. Where else.
1 Cafuné (Portuguese): the act of tenderly running ones fingers through someones hair.
2 Prozvonit (Czech): to call a mobile and let it ring once so that the other person calls back, thus saving money.
3 Tartle (Scottish): hesitating whilst introducing someone because you forgot their name.
4 Kyoikumama (Japanese): a mother who relentlessly pushes her children towards academic achievement.
5 Iktsuarpok (Inuit): to go outside to check if anyone is coming.
6 Jaysus (Indonesian): a joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh.
7 Torschlusspanik (German): literally translates as ‘gate-closing panic’. It is the fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages.
8 Drachenfutter (German): literally translates as ‘dragon fodder’ it refers to a type of gift a husband gives to a wife when they have acted  inappropriately.
9 Kummerspeck (German): weight gained through comfort eating. Literally ‘grief bacon’. Brilliant
10 Gumusservi (Turkish): moonlight shining on water.
Tense.
Concrete blocks restrained by cast iron structures. Made by Fabrice Le Nezet, seen on Triangulation.