Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Kweesten Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk Dutch love action event
Stushevatsya To fade into the background Russian action
Umij se Splash water on your face Serbian physical action
Vprikusku Drinking tea through pieces of sugar Russian food action
Ngaobera A slight inflammation of the throat caused by screaming too much Pascuense adverse action health
Zugzwang To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage German action interaction philosophy
Dhurna Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid Hindi action persistence
Wei-wu-wei "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. Chinese action life
Tsuji-giri To try out a new sword on a passer-by Japanese action violence
Fensterln To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her German love action persistence
Vybafnout To jump out and say "boo" Czech action funny surprise
Chai-Pani Literal: "tea and water"; the money and favors given to someone to get things done Hindi food action
Bababa ba? Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) Tagalog action
Palla To steal fruit off trees Swedish funny action food
Pekopeko Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner Japanese physical action
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
Tôpäj (төпәй) Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling Bashkir action
Scrumping Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees English food action
Voetstoots A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees Afrikaans action
Saucer To mop up the sauce from your plate with a piece of bread French action food
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Verschlimmbessern Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it German action
Donaldkacsázás Translated as “Donald ducking” or wandering around one’s house with a shirt but no trousers Hungarian funny action
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". Tagalog action
Tima Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it Icelandic thinking action




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