To Wild Homes We Go

31. She/Her. Full of feelings. Welcome to my collection of dumb jokes and semi-coherent thoughts.

[fluffy-snake-king]

Woke up this morning feeling like my organs were shutting down, but it’s cool, it’s actually just period pain.

Can’t believe I have like 20 more years of this shit to look forward to.

[fluffy-snake-king]

I really relate to that John Mayer song, “Your Body is a Wonderland.” Except in my case, my body is the Tim Burton version of Wonderland, which is to say, creepy and terrifying.

[fluffy-snake-king]

I came here to complain about how hard writing is, and then just got sucked into scrolling my dash for a solid 40 minutes.

[uraliengf-deactivated20160703]

[goblinparty]

look at this beautiful baby goblin

[heartsnmagic]

[different-landscapes]

[thefabulousweirdtrotters]

[memewhore]

[different-landscapes]

[brainstatic]

Everyone’s like “those Germans have a word for everything” but English has a word for tricking someone into watching the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

[queenrinacat]

English has a lot more words created for very specific phenomena! It’s not just rick-rolling. Language is always evolving and it’s super interesting! Here’s a list of hyper-specific/untranslatable words in English.

[bears-official]

This list is actually really surprising, I can’t believe no other language has a word for some of these things!

[fluffy-snake-king]

Not today, Satan

[breathtakingdestinations]

Bombay Beach - California - USA (by John Getchel) 

[sosuperawesome]

Embroidery Art and Brooches, by Shimunia on Etsy

See our ‘embroidery’ tag

[bluebonne-blog]

[jasbeaw]

What do you mean, vet’s office? YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO THE PHILHARMONIC!

[thiscorpsofbrothers-deactivated]

i’ve reblogged this at least seven times and i don’t regret any of them

[ilona-ritter]

What We Do in the Shadows (2014) dir. Taika Waititi

[catsuggest]

cat: *apex predator with over 2,900 confirmed kill*

humaine @ cat:

[ballsballsbowls]

[ooh-love]

vid

[disc80s]

another list of untranslatable words ☕️

fernweh - german: longing for far-off places; feeling homesick for a place you have never been to siping - filipino: the tender act of lying beside someone wabi-sabi (侘寂) - japanese: concept in traditional Japanese aesthetics, world view centered on the acceptance of the natural cycle of growth and decay gökotta - swedish: waking up early in the morning to go out to hear the birds sing aware (哀れ) - japanese: from the phrase “mono no aware” which translates to “a sensitivity to ephemera”; the impermanence of moments of transcendent beauty kyōiku mama (教育ママ) - japanese: a stereotyped figure in modern Japanese society portrayed as a mother who pushes her children into academic achievements muditā - sanskrit: the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people’s well-being and happiness torschlusspanik - german: literally “gate-closing panic”; refers to the fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages ichigo ichie (一期一会) - japanese: idiom that describes a cultural concept of treasuring gatherings with people; a reminder to cherish moments and meetings with people because they can never be replicated; each moment is always once in a lifetime saudade - portuguese: the bittersweet feeling of longing for or missing something or someone that you love and which or who is lost dapjeongneo (답정너) - korean: when somebody has already decided the answer they want to hear after asking a question and are waiting for you to say that exact answer aranyhíd - hungarian: literally “golden bridge”; defined as the glistening reflection of the sun on the ocean jìng huā shuǐ yuè (鏡花水月) - chinese: literally means “Mirror Flower, Water Moon”; a visible entity that cannot be touched or grasped, like a flower reflected in a mirror or the moon reflected on the water’s surface yoko meshi (横飯) - japanese: literal meaning “a meal eaten sideways”; used to describe the stress of speaking a foreign language uitwaaien - dutch: literally to walk with the wind; the act of walking outside in the fresh air to clear one’s head sprezzatura - italian: to make whatever one does or says appear to be effortless, studied carelessness; form of defensive irony (h)onne (本音) - japanese: more common with tatemae (建前); the contrast between a person’s true feelings and desires that are often kept hidden, except with one’s closest friends (本音) and the socially acceptable behavior and opinions one displays in public (建前) guanxi (关系) - chinese: a central idea in the Chinese business society; the ways of getting things done by doing favours - “once a favour is done, an unspoken obligation exists, [so] people often try to refuse gifts, because, sooner or later, they may have to repay the debt” meraki (μεράκι) - greek: doing something with passion, absolute devotion and attention, with soul and love; when you put something of yourself into what you’re doing pena ajena - (mexican) spanish: the embarrassment you feel because of the actions of others or someone else’s humiliation; second-hand embarrassment list no.1