Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Backpfeifengesicht A face in need of a slap German physical funny
Schwärmerei Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. German happiness
Kabelsalat Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" German funny physical
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
Fingerspitzengefühl Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse German feeling
Krawattenmuffel Someone who'd rather not wear a tie German clothing habits
Spätzünder A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development German adverse
Weltschmerz Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") German adverse society
Packesel The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip German travel physical
Kopfkino Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") German thinking visual
Verschlimmbesserung An attempt at improvement that makes things worse than they already were German adverse
Unglücksrabe An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) German luck adverse
Vorfreude The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures German time awareness happiness
Fisselig Being flustered to the point of incompetence German stress
Zugzwang To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage German action interaction philosophy
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp German action attribute
Sitzfleisch Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task German strength growth
Strohwitwer "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. German family adverse
Schnapsidee An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk German funny thinking creative
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
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
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Rückkehrunruhe The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. German awareness time
Schnickschnack Items of little value; empty words that people may utter German adverse
Schnapsleiche So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") German adverse event friends




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