Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Wasuremono | Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. | Japanese | adverse habits | |
Zapoi | 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place | Russian | funny adverse habits | |
Ghalidan | Rolling from side to side as lovers do | Persian | love action connection | |
Aşermek | The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant | Turkish | food | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love connection fate | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Kairosclerosis | A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it | English | happiness reflection change | |
Scrumping | Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees | English | food action | |
Gurfa | The amount of water that can be scooped up in a hand. | Arabic | measurement | |
Vergüenza ajena | Shame or embarrassment felt as a result of the actions of others | Spanish | adverse feeling | |
Filotimo | A friend of honour, but it also implies dignity, pride, sacrifice and respect | Greek | character friends | |
Raspafiestas | An adjective to describe a person who doesn't go until the party is over. | Spanish | habits attribute friends | |
Onism | The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. | English | awareness reflection thinking | |
Dapjeongneo | Used when someone asks a question despite knowing the answer, expecting the listener to make a smart and studied guess | Korean | society interaction | |
Viraag | The emotional pain felt from being away from the person you love | Hindi | emotion love connection | |
Vabba | To be at home with the kids | Swedish | family | |
Vorführeffekt | When you try to give some evidence in public that something works (or doesn't work), but you fail because the opposite happens. | German | funny event | |
Crapoter | verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action society | |
Erinmek | Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick | Nogay | adverse | |
Ser/Estar | The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' | Spanish | attribute | |
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
Tokimeku | A sudden flutter in your heart, or that feeling of inspiration if you’re anticipating something | Japanese | feeling exciting | |
Friluftsliv | “Free air life,” signifying a fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature | Norwegian | nature health | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Fahrvergnügen | The love of simply driving | German | adventure happiness | |
Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
Latah | Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things | Indonesian | habits | |
Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
Trennungsagentur | Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up | German | action |
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