From an article in the British Independent, hat tip to Arts and Letters Daily:
DHURNA Anglo-Indian
Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there without food, threatening violence, until you get paid.
SOKAIYA Japanese
A man with a few shares in several companies who extorts money by threatening to come to the shareholders' meetings and cause trouble.
That's pretty much the same guy, isn't it? File the above under interesting lines of work, as well as these:
KOSHATNIK Russian
A dealer in stolen cats.
BUZ-BAZ Ancient Persian
A showman who makes a goat and monkey dance together.
Perhaps our trade schools can offer a program in buzbazitry. And then there is interpersonal relations:
FAAMITI Samoan
To make a squeaking noise by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or a child.
WAR NAM NIHADAN Persian
To murder somebody, bury their body, then grow some flowers over the grave in order to conceal it.
My theory is that the War Nam Nihadan got tired of the squeaking noise. And my personal favorite:
SACANAGEM Brazilian Portuguese
Openly seeking sexual pleasure with one or more partners other than one's primary partner during Mardi Gras.
One wonders if New Orleans will be rebuilt in time for all the sacanagem that usually goes on.
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