Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Mangomoment | "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" | Dutch | love friends connection | |
Manja | Childlike behaviour by women designed to elicit sympathy or pampering by men | Malay | attribute | |
chimak | Chicken and beer | Korean | food | |
Dhakkann | "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way | Hindi | adverse awareness | |
Akihi | The forgetfulness felt immediately after being given directions | Hawaiian | stress confusion travel | |
Gambiarra | A very poor or ugly but effective solution for a problem; to use improvised methods / solutions to solve a problem, with any avaiable material | Portuguese | creative | |
Muskelkater | Charley horse ("muscle cat") | German | physical | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
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 | |
Eunoirophrenia | The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. | Greek | feeling positive | |
Baadastoor | Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual | Urdu | change habits | |
Gogo | It can mean desire, want, spirit or soul, but mainly it's a concept that explains the will of the soul. | Basque | feeling | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Schadenfreude | Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. | German | feeling adverse | |
Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
Te quiero | Similar to "I love you" in a lower level, something that you say to someone and maybe someday it will be "love". For example, It's used with close co workers or in the classroom. | Spanish | feeling | |
Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
Chamcha | Literally: spoon, someone who sucks up to someone else or seeks another's approval constantly | Hindi | negative character | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Şikemperver | Someone who is very fond of eating and drinking | Turkish | food happiness | |
Abendrot | The colour of the sky when the sun is setting | German | nature beauty | |
Pelinti | To move hot food around in your mouth | Buli | food | |
kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
Rashk-e-Qamar | Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty | Urdu | beauty | |
Tôpäj (төпәй) | Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling | Bashkir | action | |
Klexos | the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. | English | thinking | |
Orphic | Mysterious and entertaining; beyond ordinary understanding | English | reflection |
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