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蹩腳 - (of a person) incompetent; amateurish; (of a task or a skill) shoddy; unrefined; inferior 说蹩脚汉语 ― shuō biéjiǎo Hànyǔ ― to speak terrible Chinese As in, 蹩脚货 “Limping foot goods” - shoddy quality stuff.

TIL: ironic diminutives! -ón, Spanish: usually embiggens, but in a few cases, indicates small size of or a lack of something (such as an ironic augmentative) ‎pelo + ‎-ón → ‎pelón (“with little or no hair”) ‎rabo + ‎-ón → ‎rabón (“with little or no tail”) ‎rata (“rat”) + ‎-ón → ‎ratón (“mouse”)

Can we bring back the diminutive “-ga” suffix? -ga, Old English- Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar names for pets. docga ― dog frocga ― frog *picga ― pig *snecga ― snail stacga ― stag wicga ― insect en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ga#Old...

¿Camarón pela'o tú quieres? Camarón pela'o te doy! ¿Camaron pela'o prefieres? Con salsita y con limón! Do you want peeled shrimp? I give you peeled shrimp! Do you prefer peeled shrimp? With a little sauce and lemon! This is arguably the purest expression of love in music.

Camaron PelaoLos Polifaceticos · Lo Mejor De Los 70's · Song · 2006

the coconut was named after a ghost demon!: "[it] wants to resemble a nose placed between two round eyes, from where it throws the sprout, when it wants to be born; by reason of such figure, it was called by our [men] coco, name imposed by the women on anything they want to put fear to the children"

如虎添翼 - Literally: “like a tiger that has grown wings”. Further strengthening; with redoubled power

Dragonfly in Welsh: gwas y neidr - From gwas (“servant”) +‎ y (“(of) the”) +‎ neidr(“snake”). Do the Welsh know something we don’t?

gwas y neidr - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Categor... is another goldmine

Shitgibbon - A type of compound word used as an insult, consisting of a single-syllable expletive, followed by an absurd or innocuous two-syllable noun that usually forms a trochee.

Related: Bahuvrihi - a type of compound word that denotes a referent by specifying a certain characteristic or quality the referent possesses…from Sanskrit: बहुव्रीहि, 'having much rice', originally referring to fertile land but later denoting the quality of being wealthy or rich. See English “lowlife”