Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Cúbóg A collection of Easter eggs Irish physical
Ludus playful love between children or casual lovers Greek love
Cafuné Tenderly running your fingers through your lover's hair Portuguese love
Dhurna Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid Hindi action persistence
Fargin To wholeheartedly appreciate the success of others Yiddish empathy happiness connection
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן) Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end Hebrew beauty happiness time
Paasa A person who leads someone on (intentionally or not). Appearing as if they are genuinely interested romantically when they aren’t Tagalog adverse interaction awareness
Jumpa To jump from one floating piece of ice to another Swedish physical nature
Jouissance "an excess of life", often translated as joy but also can be understood as catharsis French attribute
Hanyauku To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface Rukwangali physical action
Eshaku A slight bow of around 15 degrees Japanese physical action
Taraadin A happy solution for everyone Arabic happiness society
Döşek Anything that you can use when you are laying down or sleeping Turkish physical
Ennui A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do English adverse feeling
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
Mechaye Joy, pleasure; something that gives great joy/pleasure. Yiddish positive
Mokita The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. Kilivila awareness thinking society
Nementia Feeling nervous or anxious in your own skin English feeling adverse
Bimyou Not bad, or "meh" Japanese attribute
Gretchenfrage A direct question with the intention of unveiling the underlying thoughts of the person being questioned German awareness connection
Ćeif A slow and silent enjoyment in someone or in something Bosnian positive feeling
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness
Zechpreller A person who leaves a restaurant without paying German adverse action food
Empalagada How you feel after having something too sweet Spanish food feeling
Odnoliub Someone who has only one love in his or her life; someone who is capable of loving only one at a time Russian love fate
Viitsima To overcome laziness as the last or only obstacle to do something. Estonian persistence strength
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
Bildung education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. German cultural
Angushti za'id Someone with six fingers Persian physical




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