What Word or Phrase is Your Favorite?

Word/ PhraseDefinitionLiteral DefinitionAlternate SpellingCitation
Blow it out your tubbenburbels Blow it out your asstubenburblesGG S03/E11
Eggs KaflufeyFoodeggs gafloofenGG S04/E19
FingerborgA thimbleGG S05/E06
FlenderheuvenOatmeal that is usually served with a cracker made from yak intestine.FlendahuevenGG S03/E09
FleugelkakaA Scandinavian hors d’oeuvre.flugelkakaGG S05/E25
FrafruvenhavenA fictional magical land in a fairy tale by Hans Christian Lockerhueven.FlafluevenhavenGG S04/E16
Friggin’ FrugalFricking frugal is extreme frugality. GG S07/E10
Gaflecktanochen CakeAn ancient Scandinavian cake that Rose Americanized. gnurchen-frurgen cakeGG S02/E19
GauflugennachonSomeone who docks his boat in a handicapped slip.GaflugenachenGG S02/E14
Geflectaflauffin fleffin fluffin feffeta flingin fuflaffenScandinavian wedding blessingKeflectoflafen flafenflurfen potetaflingin faflafenGG S04/E06
GenochtenlochenA family tradition where the oldest niece gives the eulogy at funerals.A herring poacher you can wear as a sun visor.GenerptionlokenGG S03/E05
GerflufenThere’s no English equivalentgefloefenGG S05/E06
GerkochanachenSomeone that you don’t want to share your hudenkagels with.The precise moment when dog doo turns white.garconanokinGG S03/E11
GougenflucterFoodgougenflucterGG S07/E07
GowhackanogginA game similar to baseball, but instead of hitting a ball, players whack themselves on the head. After ten whacks, if the player is still standing, they take first base. It’s a low-scoring game.GG S04/E05
GügenspritzerA St. Olaf game similar to Monopoly, but the bank is empty and it uses St. Olaf geography. Owning “Logenbeuton Avenue” is key to winning as it’s the only street in town.GoogenspritzerGG S04/E20
Ham and GunterhauginsFoodHam and gunterhogginsGG S04/E19
Helderbargen vara gerflufen frysa brudLoosely translated as “I hope you have a license to carry that gerflufen.”helderbargenberg gefloefen wurterbergGG S05/E06
HudenkagelsSomething personal or valuable you wouldn’t share with someone like a Gerkochanachen.hoogencogglesGG S03/E11
Humpeflagle CakeThe slightest noise will cause it to fall.humpaflagel cakeGG S04/E20
KalldolmarA Scandinavian specialty made with ground pork and cabbage.kuldomarGG S05/E06
KerfleugenblugenCandied herring. Rose has her own special recipe where she uses red-hots for the eyes.kerflugenglugenGG S05/E15
KlingenspritzerMale genitaliaGG S04/E15
Knukendup und schvingleKnocked up and singleKnukendup und schvingleGG S06/E03
LongenhoddenViking-style horned helmet.GG S01/E20
Pigs in a SvengablutenFoodPigs in a svenkabludenGG S04/E19
SturgeonyankenA girl/ woman who is promiscuous and would benefit from Dr Stergeon’s theory that If you pulled out a girl’s front teeth, It made her less attractive.GP E16
Ugel FlugelAdult hide and go seek.oogle and floogleGG S03/E15
Vanskap KakaSt. Olaf friendship cake made with milk, sugar, honey, a whole lot of love, and just a drop of sunshine.vanskap kokkerGG S05/E09
Velkom vognWhenever a new family moved into St. Olaf, they’d all hop on the tractor, ride out to the new neighbors’ farm, 30 or 40 of them carrying vats of smoked fish and big pitchers of freshly-squeezed potato juice, while Cousin Dak played “Getting To Know You” through the hole in his windpipe.Velcome Vagon
GG S02/E24
VertubenfluggenTo blow ones own horn.verturgen-furgenGG S02/E19
ViedenfrugenTerm for a personal servant.VidenfrogenGG S02/E21
Yergen Flergen Bergen Gergen FlergenFoodyergen flergen bergen gergen flergenGP E06
Zoc Krep CrulacMeans ‘that’s ridiculous’ in alien. The one episode where it appears as though Rose is extratertestrial and she blurts out this term without realizing. GP E21

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