Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Qì zhì (氣质) | Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. | Chinese | attribute positive | |
Niksen | Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all | Dutch | feeling awareness | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Voorpret | That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” | Dutch | happiness feeling exciting | |
Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
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 | |
Exulansis | The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. | English | emotion thinking | |
Ádvaita (अद्वैत) | non-dual; the notion that there is only one reality. | Sanskrit | measurement philosophy | |
Shibui | Old school cool | Japanese | attribute | |
Akihi | The forgetfulness felt immediately after being given directions | Hawaiian | stress confusion travel | |
Rhwe | To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked | Tsonga | funny event | |
Agape | selfless love to all, universal loving kindness | Greek | love connection | |
Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy | |
Erkelmek | Teasing someone with repeating what they say | Nogay | interaction funny | |
Kilig | It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. | Tagalog | feeling love connection | |
Mahalo | Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living | Hawaiian | positive | |
Altschmerz | Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing for years. | German | adverse growth attribute | |
Donaldkacsázás | Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers | Hungarian | funny action | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Rashk-e-Qamar | Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty | Urdu | beauty | |
Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
Tokka | A large herd of reindeer | Finnish | nature | |
Zeitgeist | The "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally, religiously, or intellectually during a certain period. | German | time society | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Ubuntu | A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. | Zulu | beauty character awareness | |
Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
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 | |
Pålegg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Norwegian | food |
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