Kummerspeck

American

[koo-mur-shpek] / ˈku mɜrˌʃpɛk /

noun

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!

Etymology

Origin of Kummerspeck

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

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Kummerspeck

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.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016

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