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What's your favorite word from another language and what does it mean?

9 years ago by papervoid with 8 comments

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  • Endymion
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    Gökotta: the act of rising up at sunrise to hear the birds sing and appreciate nature [Swedish]

  • stitches
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    Kabelsalat (literally cable salad meaning tangled cables), pamplemousse (grapefruit) is on an even keel just because of how cute it sounds.

  • PushPull
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    Schadenfreude-the pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune

    I've been doing a lot of fine tuning of myself lately, and I have become more aware of how I feel and exploring why I feel that way. This particular sensation comes up on occasion, and in my quest to become a better human being, I learned what it was.

  • rwx
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    Yakamoz - Turkish; The reflection of the moon on the surface of a body of water, such as a sea, river or lake.

  • idlethreat
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    "petite amateur" :)

    Double word score?

  • septimine (edited 9 years ago)
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    Tajemnica. Secret