Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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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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