Word of the Week: Get Your Stretchy Pants Out

It's Thanksgiving time, and there's no better word for Turkey Day (or 2020 for that matter) than these. Inspired by last week's veer into international territory, here's one thing you can relate to with all of your relatives.

There is a word in Georgia (the country, not the state) called "shemomedjamo," which translates to: accidentally eating the whole thing, or the shame you feel after you couldn't stop eating the whole thing.

I don't know how we, as Americans, haven't yet coined a phrase for this, but someone please tell me if your family has!

To add onto the shemomedjamo you'll probably be feeling Thursday, it's no help that you're probably already dealing with kummerspeck.

Kummerspeck, which roughly translates from German to "grief bacon or sorrow fat," refers to emotional eating and weight gain after a painful event, such as...2020.

P.S. If the only way you can be in the same room as your relatives because of, you know, 2020, stay turned for our discussion with my friend Liz about this PERFECT holiday book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening).

See also: Word of the Week page

Source: The Local De, Scientific American