since the can of worms has been opened..
i'm going to steal sidehatch's thunder
schadenfreude
also
ciao
aloha
damn, how could I forget schadenfreude...by far desert island word selection
I do love Ciao too, I remember buying the Cult's Ciao Edie single and teen-hatch thinking it was pronounced Kia-oh
While the Germans have some good words, the Jews with Yiddish take all the awards
Chutzpah
Kvetch
Meshuggeneh
Putz
Schlep
Schmooze
Schmuck
and my favorite and ALWAYS have to look up how it's spelt
Tchotchke
Pleurisy
was this the word you were looking for?
inflammation of the pleura, the membrane that lines the lungs within the chest cavity