Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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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 | |
inssa | Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends | Korean | society | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Drachenfutter | A gift to your significant other as a form of apology | German | love feeling | |
Frostbeule | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") | German | attribute friends | |
Packesel | The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip | German | travel physical | |
Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
Mauri | The essence that animates something living, but not human | Māori | nature | |
Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
Konfliktfähigkeit | the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. | German | growth | |
Kinkartvyavimudh | Helplessness due to being duty-bound | Hindi | feeling | |
Luftmensch | Literal: "air person". Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer | Yiddish | attribute | |
Tingo | The act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them | Pascuense | funny interaction character | |
chimak | Chicken and beer | Korean | food | |
Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
Ignōrāmus | Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). | Latin | philosophy growth | |
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 | |
Se défouler | Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy | French | energy stress | |
Aşermek | The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant | Turkish | food | |
Enxebre | Something pure and very authentic | Galician | positive attribute | |
Mencolek | The trick when you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them | Indonesian | funny friends action | |
Kertek | The sound of dry leaves or twigs being trodden underfoot | Malay | sound nature | |
Stushevatsya | To fade into the background | Russian | action | |
Nuchshlepper | Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on | Yiddish | awareness adverse persistence | |
Zeitgeist | The "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally, religiously, or intellectually during a certain period. | German | time society | |
Jayus | A joke that is so unfunny (or told so badly) that you just have to laugh. | Indonesian | funny | |
Pelinti | To move hot food around in your mouth | Buli | food | |
Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate |
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