O KA LA NOKONOKO Hawaiian
A day spent in nervous anticipation of a coughing spell.

NARACHASTRA PRAYOGA Sanskrit
Men who worship their own sexual organs.

SENZURI Japanese
Male masturbation (literally "a hundred rubs"). "Shiko shiko manzuri" is the female version (literally "ten thousand rubs").

BUZ-BAZ Ancient Persian
A showman who makes a goat and monkey dance together.

GRILAGEM Brazilian Portuguese
The practice of putting a live cricket into a box of newly faked documents, until the insect's excrement makes the paper look convincingly old.

LATAH Indonesian
Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things.

YUYURUNGUL Yindiny, Australia
The noise of a snake sliding through grass.

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