Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trennungsagentur | Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up | German | action | |
Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
Storgi (στοργη) | the love between parents and children | Greek | love family | |
Punya | “Merit,” “virtue”, “sacred", "good karma", among other things | Sanskrit | beauty | |
Qarrtsiluni | Sitting together in the darkness, waiting for inspiration to strike you | Iñupiaq | awareness thinking reflection | |
Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
Mecnun | "madly in love" to the point of actual mental instability | Turkish | love emotion | |
Age-otori | The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut | Japanese | adverse event feeling | |
A'ama | Someone who speaks rapidly, hiding their meaning from one person while communicating it to another | Hawaiian | interaction | |
Kucir | A tuft of hair left to grow on top of an otherwise bald head | Indonesian | physical change | |
Paasa | A person who leads someone on (intentionally or not). Appearing as if they are genuinely interested romantically when they aren’t | Tagalog | adverse interaction awareness | |
Sisu | Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity | Finnish | growth strength | |
Nekojita (ねこじた) | Literally "cat's tongue"; a person who is sensitive to hot food and especially hot drinks | Japanese | food attribute | |
On (恩) | A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. | Japanese | life | |
Rire dans sa barbe | To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened | French | funny reflection action | |
Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
Ser/Estar | The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' | Spanish | attribute | |
Eunoia (εὔνοια) | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty thinking | |
Tokimeku | A sudden flutter in your heart, or that feeling of inspiration if you’re anticipating something | Japanese | feeling exciting | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Taraadin | A happy solution for everyone | Arabic | happiness society | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Faamiti | The sound made by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child | Samoan | sound | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Solvegg | Literally means sun wall; to find a sunny spot during winter time where you can sit down and enjoy the warmth of the sun | Norwegian | feeling nature | |
Abbiocco | The feeling of falling asleep after lunch or dinner | Italian | food feeling | |
Neko-neko | Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse | Indonesian | funny creative |
PS: You might notice above that I launched 12 scholarships in 12 months last year, raising $13450. You can follow the instructions in this guide, if you'd like to create a scholarship of your own.