I am listening to a French pop song called "Telephone Douche". It's rather distracting.

(Apparently it translated into "Telephone Shower"?)

Like Dorothy's ruby slippers, only silver!

Pretty! I shall bookmark in case the being stretched ones don't work.

Are you wearing a floor-length dress? You probably already know this but if not, make sure the dress is hemmed for the flat shoe.

I'll talk to my dress ladies about it. I want to wear heels for as long as I can bear it and then change when I can't any more.

20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World:

Mamihlapinatapei: Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start”

Tartle: Scottish – The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name.

Tingo: Pascuense (Easter Island) – Hopefully this isn’t a word you’d need often: “the act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.”

“the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start”

I had to mask the laughter with coughing, but I cannot stop the tears. If only I could pronounce that. I can't even look at the screen when I'm typing, because it's going to make me laugh out loud.

Isn't that such an awesome word? I want to learn how to pronounce it so I can use it.

Timelies all!

The shoe discussion reminds me that I should start looking into on-line ordering of shoes soon, so I will have enough time to return anything I order if it doesn't fit and get a new pair before the next time I need black pumps. (January. This of course assumes that it won't take more than two tries to get a pair that fits.)

My children are lucky to be alive today. Not a good listening day and they're gnawing on my last, raw nerve.

Let me distract you then, Cash, by noting that San Francisco is having a roller derby Halloween event called Trick or Beat Down.

We also have an Addams Family / Munsters Wedding Reception starring Voltaire. It's a Swing Goth event!

And tonight I will be missing the Mos Eisley Cantina Star Wars Themed Party. (Undoubtedly playing a lot of Meco.)

I want to learn how to pronounce it so I can use it.

If that ever made it into fanfic usage--oh, can you imagine the abuse?

Of course, I never want to believe any of those lists, but some of the words are popularly untranslatable.

“the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start”

eta: Wrong quote!

I wonder if this is primarily used for sexual situations.

Sorta' how like 'double-entendre' doesn't necessarily refer to something sexual, but that seems how it's always used.

If that ever made it into fanfic usage--oh, can you imagine the abuse?

It doesn't have to be sexual! They just want to initiate SOMETHING...like building a time machine together.

Also, that one, at least, is real. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records for "most succinct word." The definition there has a different nuance to it.