Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Wei-wu-wei | "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. | Chinese | action life | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
Onsay | Pretend to love | Boro | life | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Ohrwurm | A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") | German | life music | |
Sphallolalia | Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. | English | love life | |
Innerer Schweinehund | Literal: 'Inner pig dog'; the lazy voice in your head. It symbolizes the part of you that doesn’t want to go jogging, that prefers staying at home with chocolate and pizza and is just generally lazy. | German | feeling life health | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Serendipity | The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way | Tamil | event beauty life | |
Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
Gemütlichkeit | An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink | German | music food life | |
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
Trepverter | A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use | Yiddish | funny life | |
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) | Lit. ‘to life’. | Hebrew | life | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Anecdoche | A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. | English | friends life | |
Levensgenieter | Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted | Dutch | life happiness positive | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Prozvonit | To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. | Czech | life funny event | |
Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society |
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