Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambiarra | A very poor or ugly but effective solution for a problem; to use improvised methods / solutions to solve a problem, with any avaiable material | Portuguese | creative | |
| Kombinować | to conspire/try to resolve a problem with unusual methods or through connections | Polish | creative action | |
| Chindogu | A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag | Japanese | creative funny | |
| Qiang jingtou | The fight by a cameraman to get a better vantage point | Chinese | creative art visual | |
| Zuihitsu (随筆) | Literally, “running brush”. A genre of Japanese literature; authors write what’s top of mind and follow their random thoughts. The genre is more personal than performative and gives the reader an intimate look at the inner workings of the writer’s mind. | Japanese | writing creative | |
| Schnapsidee | An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk | German | funny thinking creative | |
| Załatwić | To make something which is very complicated somehow simpler in an entrepreneurial and cheeky way | Polish | creative action | |
| Débrouille | May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have | French | creative | |
| Neko-neko | Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse | Indonesian | funny creative | |
| Capricho | Work done with care in a way that surpass quality expectations. | Portuguese | work creative | |
| Débrouillardise | Quality of someone who is resourceful and lives with the ability to creatively improvise; someone who can make do and solve problems without much | French | creative | |
| Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art |
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