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| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Être dépaysé | To be in an environment you're not used to | French | change society awareness | |
| Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
| Eomchina | Contraction of the phrase "Mom's friend's son". Academically successful (and possibly wealthy) male student who is the target of envy among others | Korean | family society work | |
| Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
| Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
| Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
| Han | Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted | Korean | society persistence adverse | |
| Rabenmutter | A bad mom ("raven mother") | German | family society adverse | |
| Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
| Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
| Nito-onna | A woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops. | Japanese | society work | |
| Dugnad | Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) | Norwegian | work society connection | |
| Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
| Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
| Vypendrivatsja (выпендриваться) | To behave in a way that makes one look more important or special than one is, to ride the high horse, to show off | Russian | character society | |
| Mambo | Someone that still lives with their mother | Swedish | family persistence society | |
| Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
| Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
| Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
| Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
| Yuanfen | A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends. | Chinese | love society | |
| Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
| Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | society |
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