Foreign Word of the Day: Backpfeifengesicht

There are words we need to borrow from other languages.  From German, that word of the day is “backpfeifengesicht”.  “Backpfeifengesicht” is a colloquial word.  It is a portmanteau of “backpfeife”, which could mean “punch” or “slap”; and “gesicht”, which means “face”.  Put together, it translates as “a face in need of a slap or punch”.