Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxymoron | Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | English | attribute confusion | |
| Akihi | The forgetfulness felt immediately after being given directions | Hawaiian | stress confusion travel | |
| Haiku (俳句) | A form of Japanese poetry, usually just 17 syllables long (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables), involving the sudden juxtapositions of ideas or images, and often focused on natural (e.g., seasonal) phenomena. | Japanese | art | |
| Pomicione | A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman | Italian | attribute | |
| Aka'aka'a | Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking | Hawaiian | physical adverse | |
| Wanderlust | A strong desire to travel | German | travel adventure | |
| Eldsjäl | This noun is literally ‘fire-soul’, but the actual meaning is ‘enthusiast’ or ‘driving spirit’. | Swedish | strength | |
| Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
| Athazagoraphobia | The fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced | English | reflection thinking | |
| Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
| Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
| Vergüenza ajena | Shame or embarrassment felt as a result of the actions of others | Spanish | adverse feeling | |
| Te quiero | Similar to "I love you" in a lower level, something that you say to someone and maybe someday it will be "love". For example, It's used with close co workers or in the classroom. | Spanish | feeling | |
| Baadastoor | Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual | Urdu | change habits | |
| Firgun (פירגון) | Ungrudging and overt (expressed) pride and happiness at other's successes. | Hebrew | happiness | |
| Jia You (加油) | Literally translated to mean "add oil", Jia You means something along the lines of "give'er hell", used in the same way "good luck" is often applied in English | Chinese | strength interaction | |
| Qì (氣) | Lit. air, breath; ‘life force/energy’. | Chinese | health awareness | |
| Latah | Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things | Indonesian | habits | |
| Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
| Rocambolesco | Stunning action that requires extreme audacity; literally means "there's no need" as in "there's no need to thank you" | Italian | extreme surprise | |
| uḷaṟu (உளறு) | To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated | Tamil | awareness adverse | |
| Capicua | A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers | Catalan | measurement | |
| Beau geste | A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance | French | action | |
| Chantepleurer | Singng and crying simultaneously | French | action | |
| Fernweh | To have a yearning to see distant places | German | travel thinking | |
| Schlimazel | A chronically unlucky person | Yiddish | attribute adverse | |
| Retrouvailles | Lit. 'rediscovery'; a reunion (e.g., with loved ones after a long time apart). | French | friends family | |
| Irusu | Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door | Japanese | event funny | |
| Schnapsidee | An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk | German | funny thinking creative | |
| Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change |
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