- A new book compiles unusual and sometimes useful words from around the globe. Among them are “pomicione,” Italian for a “man who seizes any chance of being in close physical contact with a woman,” and “KORO,” Japanese for the “hysterical belief that one’s penis is shrinking into one’s body.”
- The Kurdish new year in Turkey is not brought to you by the letters Q and W, according to a Turkish court. The fine imposed for using those letters on celebratory placards? 100 new lira ($75.53). (Via Bookninja.)