Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Verpeilt | Regularly forgetting things and not being in the present moment enough to organize your life properly | German | adverse awareness | |
Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Voetstoots | A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees | Afrikaans | action | |
Crapoter | verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action society | |
Onism | The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. | English | awareness reflection thinking | |
Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
kaizen | Continuous growth | Japanese | growth | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
Ignōrāmus | Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). | Latin | philosophy growth | |
Kummerspeck | Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") | German | food adverse habits | |
Angrillen | Beginning the grilling season | German | food event | |
Erinmek | Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick | Nogay | adverse | |
kataṟu (கதறு) | Helplessly shaking and crying | Tamil | action adverse | |
Tüddelig | Sweet, elderly, and senile | German | character | |
Serendipity | The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way | Tamil | event beauty life | |
Eunoirophrenia | The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. | Greek | feeling positive | |
Pålegg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Norwegian | food | |
Seijaku (静寂) | Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). | Japanese | awareness beauty | |
Nonina | Andalusian expression of three negations to say yes but with a certain touch, as if wanting to mean that this is not even doubted. | Spanish | cultural | |
Propuh | A draft of air usually created by opening doors on opposite sides of the house or windows in a car. Some believe it can cause diseases or even kill you. | Bosnian | adverse physical | |
Nehrotit to | Literal: “Not to make X into a sharp point"; a choice not to stress about something | Czech | stress happiness | |
Age-otori | The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut | Japanese | adverse event feeling | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Shibui | Old school cool | Japanese | attribute | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Extrawurst | Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary | German | stress adverse action | |
Bildung | education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. | German | cultural | |
Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Friolero | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. | Spanish | attribute friends |
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