Sometimes other languages have words for things that are pretty handy... or just plain cool. (See the interesting book They Have a Word for It by Howard Rheingold or the more serious, though no less interesting, book Empires of the Word by Nicholas Ostler.) Here are few gems I recently discovered.
gaiatsu- Japanese, meaning "external pressure." Used to describe the influence of an outside force on decisionmaking or negotiations between parties. (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 18-April 24, 2011 issue)
siloviki-Russian, meaning "men of power." Term for supporters of Vladimir Putin, many of whom worked in the Soviet security apparatus, who rose to power under Putin. (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 11-April 17, 2011 issue)
huang- meaning "royal" and zhongyang- meaning "central" but is a shorthand for the top leaders or the central government. These Chinese words are being banned from use in advertising in China because they could promote social instability among the haves and the have-nots: (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 11-April 17, 2011 issue) TCL
gaiatsu- Japanese, meaning "external pressure." Used to describe the influence of an outside force on decisionmaking or negotiations between parties. (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 18-April 24, 2011 issue)
siloviki-Russian, meaning "men of power." Term for supporters of Vladimir Putin, many of whom worked in the Soviet security apparatus, who rose to power under Putin. (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 11-April 17, 2011 issue)
huang- meaning "royal" and zhongyang- meaning "central" but is a shorthand for the top leaders or the central government. These Chinese words are being banned from use in advertising in China because they could promote social instability among the haves and the have-nots: (Bloomberg Businessweek, April 11-April 17, 2011 issue) TCL
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