# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 373
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7442 "2025-01-26T16:29:24Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7443 "2025-01-26T16:47:10Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7444 "2025-01-26T16:58:10Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7445 "2025-01-26T22:11:26Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ ---
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**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7447 "2025-01-27T13:09:52Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Say, for example, the Stable McGenius. ---
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**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7449 "2025-01-27T14:47:44Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7450 "2025-01-27T18:44:56Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7451 "2025-01-28T02:16:34Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7452 "2025-01-28T02:49:41Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7453 "2025-01-28T19:14:30Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ ---
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[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:7453, topic:969097, full:true”] **Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno _One for all, all for one_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7455 "2025-01-29T15:42:16Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno _One for all, all for one_ Voir dire _French - to determine suitability of potential jury members/witnesses “to speak truth”_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7456 "2025-01-29T19:36:20Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno _One for all, all for one_ Voir dire _French - to determine suitability of potential jury members/witnesses “to speak truth”_ Wildpinkler _German - one who urinates in public_ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7457 "2025-01-31T03:05:18Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno _One for all, all for one_ Voir dire _French - to determine suitability of potential jury members/witnesses “to speak truth”_ Wildpinkler _German - one who urinates in public_ Xochitl in cuicatl _Nahuatl - flower and song, representing the rich tradition of Aztec poetry_ [Xochitl in cuicatl - (World Literature I) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations | Fiveable](https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/world-literature-i/xochitl-in-cuicatl) ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7458 "2025-02-04T00:15:43Z")
**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno _One for all, all for one_ Voir dire _French - to determine suitability of potential jury members/witnesses “to speak truth”_ Wildpinkler _German - one who urinates in public_ Xochitl in cuicatl _Nahuatl - flower and song, representing the rich tradition of Aztec poetry_ Yoker - word from Scotland meaning workhorse ---
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**Favorite Foreign Words or Phrases** Anstandsstück _The last bit of food at a party that everybody desires, but no one wants to take._ Bildungsroman _The literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the individual from childhood to adulthood (coming of age)_ C’est la vie _That’s life/such is life_ Dummkopf _My grandpa’s favorite expression when describing somebody who he thought was a fool_ Eine Kleine Nachtmusik _A Little Night Music, Mozart’s 1787 composition_ Fáilte _pronounced FALL-cheh, it’s Irish for “welcome”_ Götterdämmerung _German for “Twilight of the gods”_ Hoi Polloi _The common people (Greek)_ “Ich bin ein Berliner” _“I am a Berliner”, JFK’s famous speech made in West Berlin, 1963_ Joie de vivre _the joy of living_ Kummerspeck _“grief bacon”/ Weight gained from emotional eating/German_ Laissez-faire _let things take their course/leave it alone_ Mensch - _man of integrity_ Non Compos Mentis - _not of sound mind_ Omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina _everything sounds more impressive when said in Latin_ Pax vobiscum _Peace be with you_ Quid pro quo _fair exchange_ Ragnarok _Gigantic battle at the end of the world in Old Norse mythology_ Schadenfreude _the emotional experience of pleasure in response to another’s misfortune_ Tabula rasa _a clean slate_ Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno _One for all, all for one_ Voir dire _French - to determine suitability of potential jury members/witnesses “to speak truth”_ Wildpinkler _German - one who urinates in public_ Xochitl in cuicatl _Nahuatl - flower and song, representing the rich tradition of Aztec poetry_ Yoker _word from Scotland meaning workhorse_ Zizi - _French childish expression for penis_ **Everything monarchy-related** Absolute primogeniture ---
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**Everything monarchy-related** Absolute primogeniture Balmoral Castle ---
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