- good noon, tweeps. I just got an article titled "Words That Don’t Exist in the English Language" #NOTexist.
- L’esprit de escalier (Fr): The feeling you get after leaving a conversation,when you think of all the things you should have said. #NOTexist. L’esprit de escalier itself means the spirit of the staircase.
- Waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods. #NOTexist.
- Meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul, creativity, or love #NOTexist.
- Forelsket: (Norwegian) The euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love. #NOTexist.
- Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute. #NOTexist.
- Pochemuchka: (Russian) A person who asks a lot of questions. #NOTexist. (my comment: Pochemuchka is annoying person, eh? :D ).
- Pena ajena: (Mexican Spanish) The embarrassment you feel watching someone else’s humiliation. #NOTexist.
- Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass. #NOTexist.
- Ilunga: (Tshiluba, Congo) A person who ready to forgive any abuse for the 1st time, tolerate it a 2nd time,but never a 3rd time. #NOTexist.
- In Javanese we have "beras" which means rice but not cooked yet. #NOTexist.
- In dictionary "beras" & "nasi" equals to rice. but, we know it's not correct, right?
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