Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Angrillen Beginning the grilling season German food event
Fahrvergnügen The love of simply driving German adventure happiness
Kabelsalat Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" German funny physical
Schwärmerei Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. German happiness
Waldeinsamkeit The feeling of solitude in the woods German nature beauty
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Schulbildend Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. German growth philosophy
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
Rabenmutter A bad mom ("raven mother") German family society adverse
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits
Warmduscher Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone German funny attribute growth
Backpfeifengesicht A face in need of a slap German physical funny
Sitzfleisch Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task German strength growth
Fachidiot Someone who knows a great deal about a very narrow subject German thinking attribute
Strohwitwer "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. German family adverse
Spätzünder A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development German adverse
Packesel The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip German travel physical
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Pantoffelheld Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife German family interaction
Fingerspitzengefühl Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse German feeling
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
Kummerspeck Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") German food adverse habits
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
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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