Slang for Human Body Parts, German Style

The Germans, who brought us linguistic gem like schadenfreude - a word meaning to derive pleasure from the misfortunes of others (I mean, come on, only Germans can invent such a word), have a few interesting slangs for human bodyparts.

See if you can figure these four out:

Pornobalken - literally "porn beam"

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Bacon Sandwich via Bacon Today

Kummerspeck - lit. "misery bacon"

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Photo via Yid With Lid, with apologies to the Prince of Wales

Segelohren - lit. "sailing ears"

I guess you have alrady guessed it from the pic and the literal translation.


Photo: Party City

Nackentapete - lit. "Neck carpet"

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