Mamihlapinatapai
A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire,…
Bird of Passion
Leave the lovely words unsaid; For another thought is fled From my dream-entangled mind. Bird of passion, unenshrined,…
അമൃതം
രാജാവ് കവിയായിരുന്നു,ഭാവനാവിലാസം കൊണ്ട് സമ്പന്നനും.രാജ്യത്തെ ഓരോ തൂണിനും തുരുമ്പിനുംകവിത തുളുമ്പുന്ന പേരിട്ടു രാജാവ് ആത്മനിർവൃതി കൊണ്ടു.പ്രജകൾക്കിടയിലേക്ക് ജീവനില്ലാത്തതെങ്കിലുംകവിതാമയമായ വാക്കുകളെകൃത്രിമ ചിറകുവച്ച് പറത്തിവിട്ടുഎന്നിട്ടും ‘വാക്കാണ്, അറിവാണ്…
Vulture Shock
The nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend exploring a foreign country, you never quite…
Midsummer
A feast celebrated on the day of your 26th birthday, which marks the point at which your youth…
Dialecstatic
Hearing a person with a thick accent pronounce a certain phrase—the Texan “cooler,” the South African “bastard,” the…
Funkenzwangsvorstellung
The instinctive trance of a campfire in the dark, spending hours roasting and watching as it settles and…
Inerrata
A kind of mistake you wouldn’t take back even if you could; the reluctance to disown a broken…
Nazlanmak
Essentially, nazlanmak is the Turkish word for saying no and meaning yes. Nazlanmak means to feign reluctance or…
Typewriter
Typewriter is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the…
Coddiwomple
A relatively new slang term, this fun unofficial word means “to travel in a purposeful manner towards a…
Paracosm
A paracosm is a phenomenon in which a richly detailed, meticulously crafted imaginary world is created in one’s…
Quaintrelle
This word describes a woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes. A quaintrelle enjoys the finer…
Hanker Sore
Finding a person so attractive it actually kinda pisses you off. Coined by John Koenig in The Dictionary…