Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness
Resfeber Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. Swedish travel physical
Wejbet Unwanted/inconvenient social and family obligations that are somewhat necessary to maintain good relations Arabic family interaction cultural
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Durcheinander Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition German adverse
Attaccabottone Something that you long to get away from but struggle to Italian adverse
desenrascanço the ability to find improvised solutions to problems Portuguese strength attribute life
Solkatt The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch Swedish physical beauty
Carpe Diem Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. Latin positive
Salām (سلام) Peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. Arabic positive
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
Ehvenişer When choosing between bad things, the lesser of two evils. Turkish philosophy
Kombinować to conspire/try to resolve a problem with unusual methods or through connections Polish creative action
Kenjataimu "wise man's time": The post-orgasmic period when a man's thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive; he is thus likened to a "sage" of clear mind Japanese awareness
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
Erkelmek Teasing someone with repeating what they say Nogay interaction funny
Celístia Brighness from the stars Catalan nature physical
Nameer (نمير) Clear water. Arabic nature attribute
Nodus tollens The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. English philosophy awareness life
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
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
Hygge A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. Danish life feeling
Mencomot Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity. Indonesian action funny
Fika Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet Swedish food society
La douleur exquise The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have French feeling awareness love
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance German adverse attribute interaction
Schadenfreude Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. German feeling adverse
Andria (ανδρεία) Both valour and courage, expressed in actions in front of the face of danger Greek strength character
Exulansis The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. English emotion thinking




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