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[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 145 points 2 weeks ago

Fun fact: the name for a weed in my native language is literally "angry grass" :3

[-] MissyBee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 2 weeks ago

Unkraut in German. Doesn't deserve to be called a Kraut.

[-] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 2 weeks ago

Similar in Norwegian: Ugress. Un-grass.

I've heard one definition of it that I like: The grass that your (grazing) animals won't eat.

[-] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh man. I have known this word as the name of an electronica music project for many years. Now I know what it means (never bothered to look it up. )

https://ugress.bandcamp.com/

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