![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe Goldilocks was Swedish? This slippery little word is hard to define, but means something like, “Not too much, and not too little, but juuuuust right.” The kinder, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to "vicarious embarrassment.” Fremdschämen (German) Myötähäpeä (Finnish) The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage.Ī word tailor-made for annoying older brothers-it means to jump out and say boo.ġ5. The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is irresistibly cute.Ī word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin. To make a squeaking sound by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child. You know that old trick where you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them? The Indonesians have a word for it. That feeling you get when you don't want someone to do something for you because it would be a pain for them. More specifically, it means “to move hot food around in your mouth.” Your friend bites into a piece of piping hot pizza, then opens his mouth and sort of tilts his head around while making an “aaaarrrahh” noise. You know that feeling of anticipation when you’re waiting for someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet? This is the word for it. ![]() This word captures that special look shared between two people, when both are wishing that the other would do something that they both want, but neither want to do. Mamihlapinatapai (Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego) The nearly onomatopoeic word for that panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can't quite remember.Ĥ. This word means, “I accidentally ate the whole thing." You know when you’re really full, but your meal is just so delicious, you can’t stop eating it? The Georgians feel your pain. Here are a whole bunch of foreign words with no direct English equivalent.Įxcess weight gained from emotional overeating. Sometimes we must turn to other languages to find le mot juste. Photo by Orlando/Three Lions/Getty Images. ![]()
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