Name: 10 English Words That Aren't English | Improve English Vocabulary | Learn English Loan Words
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Hey everybody, welcome back to Let's Talk and you are with me Meera. Well guys, I really

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think that sometimes we take education and learning so seriously that we forget the fun

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in it. Well today I'm trying to get the fun back in learning English, how? Today I have

got certain words for you which are from around the world, yes you heard me right, English

has apparently borrowed a lot of words that we use in our daily conversations that are

from around the world and today we are going to learn some of them, so that you are confident

the next time when you want to use any of these words in the right situation, alright?

So let's get started, I'm pretty excited for this lesson because I think, having fun while

learning is so important. Okay let's get going, the first word is “Arsenal”. Any guesses,

what this could mean? Yes of course, I know some of you're saying it's a football club,

all of us know that. Well today you're going to learn what the word Arsenal means, it's

a French word that's something that we should know, right? Since we're talking about words

from around the world, this has a French origin and what does it mean? It means, ‘a collection

of things’. A Collection of things, which people usually use as resources, something

that they can rely on, something that they can use. Now for example, “she has an arsenal

of makeup” that means I am saying that she has a huge collection of makeup products that

she can use. Well in the business world they often use this word in something like this

for example, “they say he has an arsenal of people working for him”, right? That

means they are saying, he has a lot of people who are his resources and who work tirelessly

for him, right? So Arsenal means, a collection of things used as resources, okay? Now next

word is “Zombie”. Yes, now try and guess, what is the origin of this word? Of course

not movies, this word has its origins from the West Indies, West Indies… I'm sure you

guys did not guess this one. but yes we know them as creatures of the day and night and

they try and feed on anything that is living and they sort of multiply but we are going

to use this word in our daily conversations in English, how? Well you can use this for

a situation when you haven't slept for days and you haven't eaten anything and you just

feel so exhausted, so tired, famished as well you're so hungry and that is the time you

say, “oh my god! I feel like a zombie, I need food”, right? So this is for a person

who hasn't slept or eaten anything right, he's definitely feeling like a zombie and

looking like a zombie with dark circles and droopy eyes, okay? So you can say, “You

need to go home now you look like a zombie”. “Stop working or stop watching so much of

GOT day and night, you're looking like a zombie”, alright? Next time you see someone looking

like that, offer them a couch to rest or food to eat so that they feel better, okay? Let's

quickly move on guys, this word is “Paparazzi”. Well quickly try and say it with me, paparazzi,

well you should know that this is an Italian origin word, yes… it's Italiano, Italian

origin word and this is the plural form of ‘paparazzo’. Now paparazzi what do they,

what does that mean? They mean, it means that, a bunch of photographers, right? I said plural,

okay? So paparazzi are a bunch of photographers who particularly click celebrity pictures,

yes that's, they’re the people because of whom you get to see a lot of Priyanka Chopra,

Nick Jonas, Lilly Singh whatever, right? So these are the ones who click the pictures

from hidden places or in front of them and they sell it to different websites, to magazines,

to newspapers and we get to see what the celebrities are up to. So paparazzi are photograph, clicking,

clicking what? Celebrity pictures, right? You remember this, right? Well do you know

that they are now commonly termed as, “paps” right that's a slang word for paparazzi. Let's

move on to the next word and that's, “glitch”. Well, any guesses of what does glitch mean?

Well you should know that glitch has its origin from the Yiddish, any guesses what they what

Yiddish is? It's also a type of German language, particularly spoken by the Jewish community

and that's where this word has come from, glitch. It means ‘a small problem’. A

small problem, okay? This is famously used, now this is actually used a lot in the business

world, well as well as people speaking, native speakers who use this this word quite often.

Now for example my boss gives me some work to do and I go to him like, “you know what

I have completed the work but there's a glitch”, so my boss knows that there is some problem

and he would ask me, go on tell me what is the problem? Or my mother has asked me to

cook a particular dish for dinner and when she comes home I'm like, “mom I've cooked

the food but there's a glitch”, so she's like, what? What did you do, what's wrong?

So they know that there is a small problem in something. You can also use these, this

particular word for any technology, like there is a glitch in the camera or the phone, a

small problem. Well let's move on to the next word, the next word this one is pronounced

as “Faux Pas”. Now this is how I used to think before that any word that looks Lin

a particular way but has a completely different pronunciation has to be French and this is

indeed a French origin word and it means a ‘social mistake’. Let me tell you what

it means okay, let me write it down for you it's a ‘social mistake’. Usually this

mistake doesn't really harm anyone or hurt anyone in particular, right? When we say social

mistake, it actually is, it means when it embarrasses someone or if you make this mistake

then it might just embarrass you. Now for example, you're in the middle of a lot of

oldies around, okay and you end up saying certain ‘F’ words or words which are not

so welcomed in the oldies community, so what would you say? “Oops I think I made verbal

faux pas”, means you said something that you shouldn't have said and it embarrassed

you and it embarrassed the others around you. Well do you know that this word came into

use in other communities because of the fashion industry, yes now whenever anyone used to

go wrong in some clothing or accessorizing themselves then the journalists or the paparazzi's

would click their pictures and they would be termed as fashion faux-pas, that means

a fashion social mistake which is embarrassing, right? So now you know when to use faux pas,

when there's a small mistake that can cause embarrassment. Alright guys moving on to the

next word which is “siesta”. Now try and guess that this word what could it mean? Well

it might sound like a party or a celebration but no, first let me tell you that this is

a Spanish origin word, alright? And it actually means, ‘a nap’. It means take a nap particularly

in the middle of the day, yes that's right when this word probably must have originated,

people back then used to wake up really early, take their lunch boxes with them, they used

to go to work and they used to have a bite in the afternoons and try to take a nap because

they used to work really hard and at that point probably it was okay taking a nap at

work. Well having said that, you can use this word in your daily conversations, you can

text your friend that, “hey I will talk to you soon I'm just going to take a quick

siesta” or you can tell your parents that, “dad if you don't mind I'm gonna take a

quick siesta, I'm really tired” means you're gonna take a quick nap in the middle of the

day. Alright, then the next word is “macho”. I'm sure most of you know what this word means

but do you know the origin of this word? The origin of this word is also Spanish, alright

and what does it mean? It means a person who was very strong and masculine also at times

a little bit, just a little bit arrogant, okay? So we know this word as someone who

is very strong and who's masculine with a little bit of arrogance which comes with just

knowing that okay I'm very strong and masculine. So for example you can say that “your brother

is pretty macho” right but I think he should also learn to be a bit sweet, right? Well,

“I know that you're a macho man but you can try to be a little helpful”, so you

are strong, you're masculine so try to be helpful towards others. Well moving from macho

let's get to “Fest”. Now fest is a German origin word and as we all know it we love

fests, but what does it mean? It means a party a celebration, where people are enjoying,

having the time of their lives, they're just happy, singing, dancing, eating good food

and that's fest for you guys, okay? Party and celebrations, just the word gets you so

you know happy, right? Well so for example, “have you been to the YouTube fest recently?”

right, so YouTube has these amazing fests that happen all over the world in different