Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Gemütlichkeit | An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink | German | music food life | |
Trepverter | A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use | Yiddish | funny life | |
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 | |
Onsay | Pretend to love | Boro | life | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
On (恩) | A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. | Japanese | life | |
Estrenar | The experience of wearing something for the first time | Spanish | life | |
Ohrwurm | A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") | German | life music | |
Pole | Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. | Swahili | thinking life | |
Anecdoche | A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. | English | friends life | |
Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
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 | |
Levensgenieter | Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted | Dutch | life happiness positive | |
Sphallolalia | Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. | English | love life | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Zindabad | A shout of encouragement; a cheer, which can also be interpreted to mean "may [idea or person] live forever" | Urdu | life interaction | |
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 |
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