Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Fisselig Being flustered to the point of incompetence German stress
Wanderlust A strong desire to travel German travel adventure
Mauerbauertraurigkeit The unexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who really like you. German friends habits
Dreikäsehoch A small child who is as tall as three wheels of cheese stacked upon one another German measurement food
Verschlimmbesserung An attempt at improvement that makes things worse than they already were German adverse
Angrillen Beginning the grilling season German food event
Treppenwitz Literal: "staircase joke", because the witty retort usually hits you in the stairwell on your way out German funny
Schilderwald Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost German stress confusion
Sehnsucht Thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. German philosophy reflection
Fahrvergnügen The love of simply driving German adventure happiness
Fuchsteufelswütend Literal: 'Fox devil angry'; steaming with rage German adverse stress emotion
Schnapsdrossel A person that drinks a lot but rarely gets drunk German food habits
Schulbildend Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. German growth philosophy
Vergangenheitsbewältigung Coping with the past German reflection growth
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
Zugzwang To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage German action interaction philosophy
Abendrot The colour of the sky when the sun is setting German nature beauty
Schnapsidee An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk German funny thinking creative
Schnickschnack Items of little value; empty words that people may utter German adverse
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits
Schnapsleiche So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") German adverse event friends
Feierabend End of the work day German event
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
Wegbier A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) German friends event food




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