M. VerdoneThe German word for defusing a bomb translates literally as "remove the spicyness". 🌶️
Another Angry Woman@sixohsix the beauty of the German language is a substantial portion of words sound like someone got stoned and forgot what the thing was called so ended up saying "hey, could you pass me my hand shoes?"
Not a Spring Onion@stavvers @sixohsix
I manage forgetting common words all the time without being stoned.
Like the time when I needed a towel and cobbled together "drymaking thing". 
My personal favorite for a word that does not describe the object very well is the german word for vice: Schraubstock, literally "screw(able) stick".
Ben Aveling@BenAveling @stavvers @sixohsix
Heavy metal clamp mechanism that holds objects, also called "vise" apparently.
Heavy metal clamp mechanism that holds objects, also called "vise" apparently.
Jon Lasser is Hanging in there@wakame I get that sort of aphasia when I’m tired.
For months after my first kid was born—he was not a good sleeper—any object that could contain other objects was a “bucket.”
Baby bed? Bucket.
Grocery bag? Bucket.
Kitchen bowl? Bucket.
Laundry basket?
You get the idea.