Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Faamiti | The sound made by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child | Samoan | sound | |
Vemödalen | The fear that everything has already been done. For example: the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist. | English | philosophy awareness art | |
Buksvåger | Literally means "abdomen brothers-in-law"; used for two men who have slept with the same woman | Swedish | physical | |
Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
Nameer (نمير) | Clear water. | Arabic | nature attribute | |
Schlimazel | A chronically unlucky person | Yiddish | attribute adverse | |
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 | |
Tenyérbemászó | Literally "palm crawler"; a face begging to be punched | Hungarian | funny adverse | |
Vozdukh (Воздух) | "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". | Russian | beauty physical | |
Biritululo | The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute | Kiriwani | food thinking | |
Mangomoment | "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" | Dutch | love friends connection | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Titip | To temporarily entrust something to a person | Indonesian | trust | |
Strikhedonia | The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" | English | positive | |
Mauri | The essence that animates something living, but not human | Māori | nature | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
mångata | The roadlike reflection of moonlight on water | Swedish | nature beauty | |
Kafkaesque | Having bizarre of illogical quality | English | attribute | |
Fargin | To wholeheartedly appreciate the success of others | Yiddish | empathy happiness connection | |
Halyava (Халява) | Getting something without working for it | Russian | luck positive work | |
Gula | Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). | Spanish | adverse | |
Andria (ανδρεία) | Both valour and courage, expressed in actions in front of the face of danger | Greek | strength character | |
Magari | maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. | Italian | thinking | |
Rashk-e-Qamar | Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty | Urdu | beauty | |
Kusukusu | The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women | Japanese | sound friends funny | |
Desvelarse | To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. | Spanish | event adverse | |
Se défouler | Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy | French | energy stress | |
Rizq | Life's provision of account. Often used in daily speech when someone wasn’t able to achieve something, it wasn’t in their Rizq. | Urdu | philosophy connection | |
Zechpreller | Someone who leaves without paying the bill. | German | adverse event friends | |
Ninot | A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. | Valencian | attribute |
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