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Danish19 Oct 2026feelings

pyt

PEWT[ˈpyd̥]

a shrug in one syllable — let it go, it does not matter

Closest in English: nevermind, never-mind, whatever. None of them covers it.

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The story

Pyt is the sound of a thing being let go: the bus missed, the milk over the table. Danish schools keep a green pyt-knap on the desk, a button a child can press to mark a small disaster closed. The dictionary lists the button as a word of its own.

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  1. Which language is it from?Danish
  2. When do you say it?The second the milk goes over
  3. Where would you hear it?A coffee spilled on a Tuesday morning
  4. What does it mean?Letting a small annoyance go

How it went

Harder than most words so far.

The most common guess for the translation was 'shit'. Not close.

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