Literally translated as dragon’s food.
Drachenfutter are gifts that a husband brings to his wife after pissing her off. It is usually an attempt to avoid her wrath by giving her chocolate, flowers or other small gifts.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Quick links: succinct non-English words
Care of reddit, a site devoted to non-English words that don't have a good counterpart. Shadenfreude hasn't appear yet (perhaps it's officially English now?), but drachenfutter has:
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