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Volander

The ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window, able to catch a glimpse…
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Big Bang

Something in me was born before the stars And saw the sun begin from far away. Our yellow,…
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Mamihlapinatapai

A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire,…
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Midsummer

A feast celebrated on the day of your 26th birthday, which marks the point at which your youth…
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Meaningful Life

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things…
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Dialecstatic

Hearing a person with a thick accent pronounce a certain phrase—the Texan “cooler,” the South African “bastard,” the…
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Inerrata

A kind of mistake you wouldn’t take back even if you could; the reluctance to disown a broken…
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Hanker Sore

Finding a person so attractive it actually kinda pisses you off. Coined by John Koenig in The Dictionary…
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Myötähäpeä

The feeling of shame you experience on the behalf of another person or a character when they do…