What word in one language takes a sentence to describe in another?

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Weltanschauung (which is also in many English dictionaries)

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"a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it." Of course, if I get really anal, this def... [show more]

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Deja-vu

Hmm.... I don't know... I feel like... like... I feel like I've been here before. This seems so familiar to me.

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Hottentottenstottertrottelmutterattentater

I love this joke. It means the murderer of the Hottentot mother of a deaf and mute boy.
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This topic was started by Goliath Goliath has 3,699 Grupie Points on June 30th, 2008. 7 grupies have voted on one or more of the 4 answers.

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