Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Glückspilz | A lucky person ("lucky mushroom") | German | positive | |
Mauerbauertraurigkeit | The unexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who really like you. | German | friends habits | |
Backpfeifengesicht | A face in need of a slap | German | physical funny | |
Warmduscher | Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone | German | funny attribute growth | |
Durcheinander | Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition | German | adverse | |
Treppenwitz | Literal: "staircase joke", because the witty retort usually hits you in the stairwell on your way out | German | funny | |
Extrawurst | Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary | German | stress adverse action | |
Zeitgeist | The "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally, religiously, or intellectually during a certain period. | German | time society | |
Schilderwald | Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost | German | stress confusion | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
Erklärungsnot | The state of having to quickly explain yourself | German | action stress | |
Schnapsleiche | So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") | German | adverse event friends | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Vorfreude | The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures | German | time awareness happiness | |
Trennungsagentur | Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up | German | action | |
Spätzünder | A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development | German | adverse | |
Sturmfrei | Having the house or flat to oneself | German | event | |
Tüddelig | Sweet, elderly, and senile | German | character | |
Unglücksrabe | An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) | German | luck adverse | |
Vorführeffekt | When you try to give some evidence in public that something works (or doesn't work), but you fail because the opposite happens. | German | funny event | |
Altschmerz | Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing for years. | German | adverse growth attribute | |
Jein | Yes and no | German | attribute measurement | |
Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
Zugzwang | To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage | German | action interaction philosophy | |
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 |
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