Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
Apomakrysmenophobia | The sudden fear that the relationships you posses are shallow or lack depth | English | thinking connection trust | |
Pulsa | To walk laboriously in snow. | Swedish | physical nature | |
Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
Tokimeki ときめき | Excitement; Feeling of bliss or joy from a discrete experience | Japanese | emotion feeling happiness | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Glückspilz | A lucky person ("lucky mushroom") | German | positive | |
Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) | The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. | Sanskrit | strength | |
Bào fù xìng āo yè (報復性熬夜) | Revenge bedtime procrastination | Chinese | emotion | |
Ramé | Something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time | Indonesian | life attribute | |
Startijenn | A kickstart/boost of energy; also denotes perseverance. | Breton | strength | |
Vprikusku | Drinking tea through pieces of sugar | Russian | food action | |
Að redda | To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. | Icelandic | time | |
Eunoirophrenia | The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. | Greek | feeling positive | |
Mulaltsag | From a von Neumann biography: "It is not a party, it is not a feast, it is not even an orgy; it is simply the spontaneous combustion of a bunch of people having a good time." | Hungarian | exciting community | |
L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) | Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama | Yiddish | extreme interaction | |
Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
Irusu | Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door | Japanese | event funny | |
Bildung | education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. | German | cultural | |
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 | |
Warmduscher | Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone | German | funny attribute growth | |
Mana | The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone | Māori | attribute | |
Solvegg | Literally means sun wall; to find a sunny spot during winter time where you can sit down and enjoy the warmth of the sun | Norwegian | feeling nature | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Manna | A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success | English | change positive | |
답답하다 Dabdabhae | Literally means stuffy; the feeling of needing to get something off your chest. Or when you want to say something but can't, or an awkward situation where people aren't saying what they mean. | Korean | social feeling | |
Te (德) | Virtue; morality; integrity; inner power. | Chinese | strength | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
Desus | The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly | Indonesian | sound funny action | |
Достолепие (dostolepiye) | Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. | Bulgarian | beauty |
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