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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Hygge A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. Danish life feeling
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
Nodus tollens The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. English philosophy awareness life
Trasnochar To stay up all night Spanish life time event
On (恩) A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. Japanese life
Jijivisha The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living Hindi philosophy life awareness
Pole Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. Swahili thinking life
Gattara A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats Italian life society
Onsay Pretend to love Boro life
Jafjafa (جفجفة) The sound of new clothes. Arabic attribute life
desenrascanço the ability to find improvised solutions to problems Portuguese strength attribute life
Uitwaaien To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather Dutch nature life beauty
Morriña Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home Galician feeling awareness life
Sphallolalia Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. English love life
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) Lit. ‘to life’. Hebrew life
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity Hungarian life fate exciting
Zindabad A shout of encouragement; a cheer, which can also be interpreted to mean "may [idea or person] live forever" Urdu life interaction
Saudade melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. Portuguese life
Seigneur-terrasse Someone who spends time, but not money, at a café French funny life
Trepverter A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use Yiddish funny life
Sud’ba (судьба). Fate, destiny, fortune Russian fate change life
Jugaad (जुगाड) the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. Hindi life
Levensgenieter Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted Dutch life happiness positive
Innerer Schweinehund Literal: 'Inner pig dog'; the lazy voice in your head. It symbolizes the part of you that doesn’t want to go jogging, that prefers staying at home with chocolate and pizza and is just generally lazy. German feeling life health
Prozvonit To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. Czech life funny event




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