Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attaccabottone | Something that you long to get away from but struggle to | Italian | adverse | |
| Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
| Janteloven | Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual | Norwegian | society positive interaction | |
| Nakhur | A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled | Persian | nature | |
| Gemütlichkeit | An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink | German | music food life | |
| Þetta reddast | it will all work out ok' (used especially when things don't look optimistic!). | Icelandic | fate | |
| Umarell | A term referring specifically to men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice | Italian | attribute | |
| Listopad | The falling of the leaves | Russian | nature event | |
| Dépayser | Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). | French | change feeling | |
| Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
| Hikikomori | When a young person who is obsessed with TV, video games, and the internet, withdraws from society | Japanese | habits society | |
| Chutzpah | Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior | Yiddish | extreme | |
| Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance | German | adverse attribute interaction | |
| Bababa ba? | Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) | Tagalog | action | |
| Gogo | It can mean desire, want, spirit or soul, but mainly it's a concept that explains the will of the soul. | Basque | feeling | |
| Ninot | A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. | Valencian | attribute | |
| Zechpreller | Someone who leaves without paying the bill. | German | adverse event friends | |
| Capoclaque | Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. | Italian | society attribute | |
| Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
| Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp | German | action attribute | |
| Klexos | the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. | English | thinking | |
| Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
| Zhì (智) | Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. | Chinese | thinking awareness | |
| Zeitgeist | The "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally, religiously, or intellectually during a certain period. | German | time society | |
| İmece | The gathering of many people and doing the work of one person | Turkish | community | |
| Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy | |
| Hwyl | A passion and fervour for a competitive event like a poetry reading or a rugby match that fills your entire body with a sense of belonging. | Welsh | emotion extreme | |
| Erinmek | Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick | Nogay | adverse | |
| Stushevatsya | To fade into the background | Russian | action | |
| Ḥôjônsô (һөйөнсө) | Good news for which a reward is given | Bashkir | positive event |
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