Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Niksen | Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all | Dutch | feeling awareness | |
Eunoia (εὔνοια) | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty thinking | |
Nepenthe | Something that helps you forget grief or suffering | Greek | growth strength | |
Gulugulu | The sound of a pitcher filling with water | Tulu | physical sound | |
Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
Madrugarse | To stay up until the wee hours of the morning | Spanish | time action | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art | |
Te (德) | Virtue; morality; integrity; inner power. | Chinese | strength | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Mangomoment | "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" | Dutch | love friends connection | |
Döşek | Anything that you can use when you are laying down or sleeping | Turkish | physical | |
Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Jein | Yes and no | German | attribute measurement | |
Uffda | A sympathetic word to be used when someone else is in pain. It combines ‘Ouch for you’ and ‘Oh, I’m sorry you hurt yourself’ | Norwegian | empathy emotion awareness | |
Chamcha | Literally: spoon, someone who sucks up to someone else or seeks another's approval constantly | Hindi | negative character | |
Gigil | The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute | Tagalog | physical positive funny | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Hiraeth | A deep longing for home | Welsh | reflection feeling | |
Volta | During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street | Greek | time physical nature | |
Strikhedonia | The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" | English | positive | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
Pisan Zapra | The time needed to eat a banana | Malay | time measurement food | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
Pretoogjes | Lit. 'fun eyes'; the twinkling eyes of someone engaging in benign mischief or fun. | Dutch | attribute phsyical | |
Istories me arkoudes | Literal: 'stories with bears'; stories that are so crazy, they can't be true | Greek | extreme funny | |
Zechpreller | Someone who leaves without paying the bill. | German | adverse event friends |
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