Kummerspeck

[koo-mur-shpek]

noun

1. the weight a person gains during a period of overeating due to unhappiness, depression, grief, or other emotional condition.

   I finally got over the anguish of my divorce, but my Kummerspeck doesn’t want to let go!

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kummerspeck¹

First recorded in 2015–20; from German: equivalent to Kummer “grief, sorrow, trouble” + Speck “bacon” (colloquially, “fat”)

Example Sentences

Even if some languages express certain concepts more artfully, or more succinctly, it’s precisely because we recognize the phenomena to which they refer that we’re delighted by knullrufs and Kummerspeck.

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