Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Erkelmek | Teasing someone with repeating what they say | Nogay | interaction funny | |
Wegbier | A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) | German | friends event food | |
Eudaimonia | The contented happy state you feel when you travel | Greek | travel explore happiness | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Mbuki-mvuki | To shake off your clothes to dance more freely | Swahili | clothing music | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Ludus | playful love between children or casual lovers | Greek | love | |
Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
Fensterln | To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her | German | love action persistence | |
Yuanfen | A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends. | Chinese | love society | |
Umay | Gettiing tired of a certain food | Tagalog | food | |
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις) | Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay | Greek | action | |
Mysig | To describe anything with an unexpectedly relaxing vibe | Swedish | positive | |
Kaapshljmurslis | The feeling of being cramped on public transportation | Latvian | stress physical | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food society | |
Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
Sumud (صمود) | steadfastness, a determined struggle to persist. | Arabic | growth strength | |
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 | |
poshlost (пошлость) | Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" | Russian | adverse extreme | |
Débrouille | May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have | French | creative | |
Fahrvergnügen | The love of simply driving | German | adventure happiness | |
Taraadin | A happy solution for everyone | Arabic | happiness society | |
Dépayser | Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). | French | change feeling | |
Hammajang | "All messed up" | Hawaiian | adverse | |
Selcouth | Rare, strange, marvellous, wondrous. | English | attribute | |
Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
Gongoozler | A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate. | English | action nature |
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