Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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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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