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[jaydoenut]

Either someone with a sense of humour or someone who is... Well. A dork.

[gimmeaweirdword]

10 Word From Different Languages That Describe Specific and Indescribable Emotions

Have I posted at all in months? No! Do you guys still follow me for some reason? Yes! And for that I am confused but grateful. So here’s not one word, but ten heheheh…heh

Amae: Japan How you behave when you desire to be loved, you desire someone to take care of you, or when you want unconsciously to be depending on another person. Alternate Translation: to behave like a spoiled child

L’appel du vide: France The sudden and inexplicable impulse to do something that will most likely get you killed when you are in a position where it’d be easy to do so. ex: feeling the urge to jump when standing atop a high building; feeling the urge to swerve into a tree or off a steep drop when driving. Literal Translation: the call of the void

Awumbuk: New Guinea The feeling of heaviness and sorrow you feel after your guests have departed.

Brabant: The urge to push someone’s buttons until they lose their temper.

Depaysement: France

The mix of unsettlement and excitement caused by feeling out of place in a foreign country.

The urge to act out of character when in a foreign country.

Ilinx: France The odd enjoyment derived from creating unnecessary chaos.

Kaukokaipuu: Finland

A craving for a distant land.

A powerful feeling of homesickness for a place you’ve never seen.

Malu: Indonesia The sudden experience of feeling constricted, inferior, and awkward around people of higher status.

Pronoia:

The sense that there is a conspiracy that exists to help the person.

The philosophy that the world is set up to secretly benefit people.

Torschlusspanik: Germany The anxious feeling that time is running out. Literal Translation: gate-shut-panic.

[lisinfleur]

I would like to add the word: SAUDADE

Brazillian Portuguese The feeling of missing someone loved, something you like, something you don’t see in a while and want to see / have back.

[gimmeaweirdword]

Ooh thanks for the addition!

[theyuniversity]

For example, “Henry tries to treat all animals with deference, especially those who may feel threatened by his presence.” 🐍

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[jaydoenut]

so rattlesnakes are all of us during lockdown. 

[dictionary-blog]

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - 1: (n.) fear of long words.

[jaydoenut]

This in itself is a definition of ‘uroboros’ <3

[jaydoenut]

I suck at social media. But this is something I found recently - a game I played with my grandma as a kid, you keep adding syllables and eventually create the ultimate Frankenword. It's ONE word. Which is why German is beautiful.