(this one fits rather nicely into the discussion of words in English)

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
--James D. Nicoll

"St. Tiggywinkle is the patron hedgehog of the woefully misguided and whimsical..."

Ordering a vat of coffee sounds so much more sophisticated in Italian.

--Christina Ianzito, Washington Post