The book "The Meaning of Tingo" by Adam Jacot de Boinod explores the colorful words to be found in foreign languages. A few examples: German has a word for a man with suspiciously good manners, there's a Czech word for "partial to dumplings," and the Welsh language has a word for the sound that a grandfather clock makes before striking the hour.

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley and composer Burt Bacharach have something unexpected in common: They both got their ...

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