Ever wish there was an English word for something that takes awhile to explain? Well, the answer to your problems is here--you just may not be able to pronounce it.
1. Fernweh (German)
Feeling homesick for a place you have never been to.
2. Shemomedjamo (Georgian)
When you're stuffed but your meal is so good that you can't stop eating it. It literally means, "I accidentally ate the whole thing."
3. Tingo (Pascuense language of Easter Island)
Gradually stealing another's things by "borrowing" and never returning them. We all have this friend.
4. Mamihlapinatapai (Yagan language of Tierra del Fuego)
A look shared by two people wishing the other would do or say something they both want, but neither want to initiate.
5. Tsundoku (Japanese)
The gradual accumulation of books left unread after going to the bookstore but never getting around to reading.
6. Seigneur-terraces (French)
The people in coffee shops who spend little to no money but stay there for a long time occupying space. AKA everyone who sits at the booths at PJ's.
7. Greng-jai (Thai)
The feeling when you don't want someone to do something for you because you are afraid it would be a hassle.
8. Pochemuchka (Russian)
A person that asks too many questions. An image probably popped into your mind of the person who asks about the tiniest details when the rest of the class is ready to move on to new material.
9. Layogenic (Filipino)
A person best described by Cher in Clueless as "a full-on Monet...from far away, it's okay but up close it's a big old mess."
10. Kaapshljmurslis (Latvian)
Feeling extremely uncomfortable and cramped while using public transportation. Also known as the streetcar on Halloween.
11. L'esprit de l'escalier (French)
A good reply that comes to your mind after the opportunity to respond has passed.
12. Age-otori (Japanese)
To look worse after a haircut. We've all been there.
13. Packesel (German)
The person stuck carrying everyone's bags. Thanks Dad!
14. Won (Korean)
An individual's reluctance to let go of an illusion.
15. Guanxi (Mandarin)
The act of giving gifts to people, taking them to dinner, doing them favors and treating them with extreme kindness, usually with an ulterior motive or the hope that they will comply with a specific favor in the future.
16. Litost (Czech)
A state of misery after realizing the misfortune of one's own condition.
17. Pena Ajena (Spanish)
The humiliation you feel by proxy after witnessing another's embarrassment. If you have watched The Office, this is probably a familiar feeling.
18. Bilita Mpash (Bantu)
An amazing dream; opposite of a nightmare.
19. Ya'aburnee (Arabic)
Wishing to die before another person because of the anticipated pain one would feel in living without the other.
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