Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desir | The sound of sand driven by the wind | Malay | sound nature | |
| Backpfeifengesicht | A face in need of a slap | German | physical funny | |
| Umay | Gettiing tired of a certain food | Tagalog | food | |
| Schulbildend | Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. | German | growth philosophy | |
| chimak | Chicken and beer | Korean | food | |
| Mencomot | Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity. | Indonesian | action funny | |
| Sitzfleisch | Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task | German | strength growth | |
| uḷaṟu (உளறு) | To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated | Tamil | awareness adverse | |
| Erkelmek | Teasing someone with repeating what they say | Nogay | interaction funny | |
| Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
| Wú (無) | Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. | Chinese | adverse | |
| Fuubutsushi | The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation for a particular season. | Japanese | time | |
| Tuerto | A man with only one eye | Spanish | physical | |
| L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) | Lit. ‘to life’. | Hebrew | life | |
| Ba Namak | A person "with salt"—funny, witty, flavorful, or charming, as opposed to a humorless, dry person. | Persian | positive exciting | |
| Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
| Dépayser | Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). | French | change feeling | |
| Gula | Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). | Spanish | adverse | |
| Niksen | Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all | Dutch | feeling awareness | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Zuihitsu (随筆) | Literally, “running brush”. A genre of Japanese literature; authors write what’s top of mind and follow their random thoughts. The genre is more personal than performative and gives the reader an intimate look at the inner workings of the writer’s mind. | Japanese | writing creative | |
| Ngaobera | A slight inflammation of the throat caused by screaming too much | Pascuense | adverse action health | |
| Mahj | Looking beautiful after having a disease | Persian | beauty change | |
| 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 | |
| Hiraeth | A deep longing for home | Welsh | reflection feeling | |
| Gluggaveður | "Window Weather" i.e. weather that is nice to look at through a window but not nice to be out in | Icelandic | weather visual | |
| Sonder | the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. | English | philosophy awareness | |
| L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) | Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama | Yiddish | extreme interaction | |
| Nou-nou | An indefinite time in the near future. It could be very near, like within a minute or two, or not so very near, like within an hour or three. This time-telling isn't an exact science at all—it's a non-committal way of giving someone a time. | Afrikaans | time | |
| Aşermek | The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant | Turkish | food |
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