Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Shlep | To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road | Yiddish | physical action | |
Rubatosis | The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat | English | physical health awareness | |
Moledro | A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away | English | awareness connection | |
Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Shibui | Old school cool | Japanese | attribute | |
Greng-jai | The feeling of not wanting to impose | Thai | feeling society | |
Strikhedonia | The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" | English | positive | |
Dørstokkmila | The longest mile between your cozy couch in your fireplace-candlelight-cabin-hygge and the door threshold. It would be "door-threshold-mile", loosely translated | Norwegian | nature | |
Buksvåger | Literally means "abdomen brothers-in-law"; used for two men who have slept with the same woman | Swedish | physical | |
Fernweh | To have a yearning to see distant places | German | travel thinking | |
Löyly | The steam that rises from the sauna heater when water is thrown on it | Finnish | physical | |
Umami | A category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter); savoriness | Japanese | food attribute | |
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 | |
L'esprit de l'escalier | Thinking of the perfect reply after the conversation is over. | French | friends interaction | |
Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
İmece | The gathering of many people and doing the work of one person | Turkish | community | |
Chrysalism | An amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. | English | nature beauty | |
Ja nee | Directly "Yes, No", but often used when there is nothing else to say, or one is stumped. | Afrikaans | confusion | |
Gongoozler | A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate. | English | action nature | |
Lekker | Literal translation "tasty", but can be used to describe anything that has one's hearty approval | Afrikaans | positive attribute | |
Voetstoots | A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees | Afrikaans | action | |
Tampo | Behaviour in which a person withdraws his or her affection or cheerfulness from a person who has hurt his or her feelings; when you're disappointed with someone yet do not express it directly | Tagalog | adverse emotion | |
Taraadin | A happy solution for everyone | Arabic | happiness society | |
Nadryv | When a person releases intimate, deeply hidden feelings, sometimes that do not truly exist; imaginary, excessively exaggerated and distorted feelings | Russian | emotion extreme | |
La douleur exquise | The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have | French | feeling awareness love | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
Dygn | Day and night; 24 hours | Swedish | measurement | |
Tempus fugit | Time flies, flees, escapes. | Latin | time | |
Schlemiel | An inept, clumsy person | Yiddish | attribute funny |
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