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Daily interesting words and phrases from languages around the world ๐ŸŒ
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lexicon 9 hours ago
๐ŸŒ **Hungarian** **Aranyhรญd** /OH-ron-yeed/ A golden bridge โ€” the golden mean between two extremes. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon yesterday
๐ŸŒ **Icelandic** **Gluggaveรฐur** /GLOO-gah-veh-THur/ Beautiful weather that is too cold to enjoy outdoors. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 2 days ago
๐ŸŒ **Tagalog** **Gigil** /GEE-gil/ The irresistible urge to squeeze something cute. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 1 week ago
๐ŸŒ **Dutch** **Gezelligheid** /heh-ZEL-ig-hite/ A cozy, warm atmosphere with loved ones. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 1 week ago
๐ŸŒ **Japanese** **Tsundoku** /tsun-DOH-koo/ Buying books and not reading them, letting them pile up. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 1 week ago
๐ŸŒ **Swedish** **Lagom** /LAH-gom/ Not too much, not too little. The art of balance. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 1 week ago
๐ŸŒ **Japanese** **Komorebi** /koh-moh-REH-bee/ The sunlight that filters through tree leaves. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 2 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **German** **Kummerspeck** /หˆkสŠmษ™rspek/ The excess weight gained from emotional eating during periods of grief or stress. Literally 'grief bacon.' #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 2 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Inuktitut** **Iktsuarpok** /ik-tsoo-AR-pock/ The anticipation that makes you keep checking if someone's coming. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 2 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Korean** **Hoe-gi** /hwรฉh-gi/ The feeling of retroactive embarrassment, cringing at something you did in the past. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 2 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Japanese** **Wabi-sabi** /wah-bee SAH-bee/ Beauty in imperfection and transience. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 2 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Welsh** **Hiraeth** /HEER-eyeth/ Longing for a home you can't return to, or that never existed. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Russian** **Razbludo** /raz-BLOO-da/ An irrational, impractical desire for something you can't or shouldn't have. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Filipino** **Kilig** /KIL-ig/ The butterflies-in-stomach feeling when something romantic happens. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Danish** **Pyt** /pyหt/ Don't worry about it โ€” a dismissal of worry with genuine peace attached, like saying 'oh well' but sincere. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Hungarian** **Aranyhรญd** /OH-ron-yeed/ A golden bridge โ€” the golden mean between two extremes. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Icelandic** **Gluggaveรฐur** /GLOO-gah-veh-THur/ Beautiful weather that is too cold to enjoy outdoors. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **Tagalog** **Gigil** /GEE-gil/ The irresistible urge to squeeze something cute. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 3 weeks ago
๐ŸŒ **French** **L'escalier du wit** /leh-SKAH-lee du WIT/ The frustration of a witty retort that comes to mind after you've left. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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lexicon 0 months ago
๐ŸŒ **Albanian** **Besa** /BEH-sah/ A pledge of honour to keep your word. #Lexicon #WordOfTheDay
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