Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Aimonomia | Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something | English | adverse feeling thinking | |
Panapoo'o | The act of searching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten. | Hawaiian | habits | |
Pena ajena | "I feel embarrassed for you" | Spanish | emotion attribute | |
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις) | Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay | Greek | action | |
Surströmmingspremier | The first day of the year where it acceptable eat rotten herring. | Swedish | food event | |
Morriña | Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home | Galician | feeling awareness life | |
Donaldkacsázás | Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers | Hungarian | funny action | |
Engili (ఎంగిలి) | Having contacted another's mouth directly or indirectly via hand or utensil that is not fit for consumption. | Telugu | adverse food | |
Tîeow (เที่ยว) | To wander or roam around in a carefree way. | Thai | travel positive change | |
Konfliktfähigkeit | the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. | German | growth | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Chamcha | Literally: spoon, someone who sucks up to someone else or seeks another's approval constantly | Hindi | negative character | |
Sisu | Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity | Finnish | growth strength | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
Eudaimonia | The contented happy state you feel when you travel | Greek | travel explore happiness | |
Umay | Gettiing tired of a certain food | Tagalog | food | |
Capoclaque | Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. | Italian | society attribute | |
Cavoli riscaldati | Literally "reheated cabbage"; When you attempt to start up a failed relationship or love affair | Italian | love event persistence | |
Baadastoor | Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual | Urdu | change habits | |
Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
Gretchenfrage | A direct question with the intention of unveiling the underlying thoughts of the person being questioned | German | awareness connection | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Dugnad | Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) | Norwegian | work society connection | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Tuerto | A man with only one eye | Spanish | physical | |
Merak | A feeling of bliss and the sense of oneness with the universe that comes from the simplest of pleasures. It is the pursuit of small, daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment. | Serbian | positive growth | |
Listopad | The falling of the leaves | Russian | nature event | |
Haiku (俳句) | A form of Japanese poetry, usually just 17 syllables long (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables), involving the sudden juxtapositions of ideas or images, and often focused on natural (e.g., seasonal) phenomena. | Japanese | art |
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