Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Badkruka | Someone who refuses to enter a body of water. Eg. Get in the lake you badkruka, or am I going to have to pull you in by your beard? | Swedish | funny nature explore | |
Kairosclerosis | A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it | English | happiness reflection change | |
Sirimiri | Weak and constant rain; stronger than a mist but less than a shower. | Basque | weather physical | |
Autophile | A person that loves solitude, being alone | English | character attribute | |
Şırış | Mucus or the sweet sugary residue from fruits or other treats | Nogay | food | |
Rauxa | Sudden determination or action; rapture | Catalan | action strength | |
Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Pomicione | A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman | Italian | attribute | |
Desenrascar | An informal word that means the act of figuring out things | Portuguese | thinking growth | |
Jibaku | The act of unintentionally or inadvertently demolishing your own argument in the process of defending your view | Japanese | confusion interaction | |
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 | |
Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Kuidare | To eat yourself into backruptcy | Japanese | food funny | |
Fargin | To wholeheartedly appreciate the success of others | Yiddish | empathy happiness connection | |
Merak | A feeling of bliss and the sense of oneness with the universe that comes from the simplest of pleasures. It is the pursuit of small, daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment. | Serbian | positive growth | |
Hoʻoponopono | Mutual forgiveness. | Hawaiian | connection character emotion | |
Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) | To keep eating past the point of being full since the food tastes so good. | Georgian | food | |
Fanaa (فناء) | Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t | Urdu | fate love | |
Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate | |
Exulansis | The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. | English | emotion thinking | |
Uffda | A sympathetic word to be used when someone else is in pain. It combines ‘Ouch for you’ and ‘Oh, I’m sorry you hurt yourself’ | Norwegian | empathy emotion awareness | |
Schilderwald | Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost | German | stress confusion | |
Fuubutsushi | The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation for a particular season. | Japanese | time |
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