Neologism, word playing, idiosyncratic humour

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Szansogra - Polish "literal" translation of English phrase "game of chance", from "szansa" (chance) and "gra" (game).

Bellewyden - no results in quotation marks.

Emeriture - neologism for old age pension, from Polish "emerytura" which is a Latin loanword.

Zusas - word formed from abbreviation of "Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych" - ZUS ("Social Insurance Institution" - SII) and Lithuanian masculine ending -as.

The dutch word for mushroom is 'paddenstoel'
If we take paddenstoel literally it means a chair for toads

HUMOUR AT THE EXPENSE OF TOADSSHALL be dealt with by eating of all available mushrooms for toads . End of all this silly toad humour ,, wait this was about toadstools?

A Folding Bike

Thats a good question Jakki, the answer to that question i dont know

When you travel in the Netherlands by train, you have to pay when you take a normal bike with you in the train.
For a folding-bike its free to carry it with you in the trains.

I play in a band.

In dutch band can mean a musicband, and it can also mean a car-tyre.

i'm always lost in meta-thought;
and i always lust to have met a th*t

Nieprosek - Polish neologism from first three letters of the words in phrase "nieład prokreacyjno-seksualny" (procreative and sexual disarray, untidiness, clutter (something ugly, destroying harmony of creation)).

Nyaer - a cat. Word comes from Japanese word "nya" ("meow").

Mruczydełko - dimunitive of mruczydło which is somewhat humorous Polish word which means a cat.

Chodź, ciciusia, chodź - Polish phrase used to call a cat which contains second person singular verb from "chodzić" ("to walk", "to go") which occurs two times and affectionate word for a cat. I remember that or similar phrase being used by my grandmother to call a cat.