London, Dec 19 (ANI): Popular Hindi words like 'Kati-Kehari' and 'Kanjus Makkhichus' have made it to the list of the world's most bizarre words and phrases in a new book.
Toujouras Tingo book written by Adam Jacot de Boinod has listed some of the most bizarre and words and phrases used around the world.
'Kati-Kehari' means to have the waist of an elegant lion while 'Kanjus Makkhichus' means someone so tight that if a fly falls into their tea they'll fish it out and suck it dry before throwing it away.
It includes words like 'tingo', which is used on Easter Island to describe borrowing individual objects from a friend's house until none are left.
'Gwarlingo' is a Welsh description of the sound of a grandfather clock before it strikes, reports The Sun.
Sjostygg is used in Norwegian to describe someone so ugly that the tide refuses to come in if they stand on the shore.
Du Kannst Mir Gern Den Buckel Runterrutschen Und Mit Der Zunge Bremsen is the Austrian way of telling someone to go to hell - literally "You can slide down my hunchback using your tongue as a brake.
'Layogenic' is used in Philippines to describe someone who is good-looking from afar but ugly up close.
Japanese word 'Ikibari' means a "lively needle" and is used to describe a man who is willing but under-endowed.
'Stroitel' describes a Russian man who likes to have sex with two women at the same time.
'Tantenverfuhrer' in German refers to a young man suspiciously well mannered. It literally translates as "aunt seducer".
Les Avoir A Zero is a French phrase meaning "to have one's testicles down to zero", in other words to be 'frightened'. (ANI)
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