18 Comments

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   sharadiya on 08/30/2013 at 4:18 am

   Bhallagchena (bengali)….two words said as one….that feeling of inexplicable boredom, ennui, weariness….what a mundane day at work might do to you

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   Kate on 08/30/2013 at 6:33 pm

   Shadenfreude (german) the feeling of joy mixed with relief you feel when something bad is happening to someone else

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   portuguese peter on 09/01/2013 at 9:25 am

   sobremesa its portuguese

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   santiago on 09/01/2013 at 9:43 am

   might be, but also widely used in spanish speaking countries

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   La Eu on 09/01/2013 at 5:35 pm

   true, I’m from Latin America and we say sobremesa

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   Gabriel on 09/01/2013 at 5:42 pm

   What about “saudade”? It is a brazilian portuguese noun that names the feeling of missing someone. It actually doesn’t exist in any other language.

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   Dennis on 09/02/2013 at 2:02 am

   I thought “saudade” was more specific to the feeling of missing someone you know you can’t have or something along those lines.

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   Woss on 09/03/2013 at 4:46 pm

   What’s the word for walking along the side of an arriving train even though you’ve been waiting in the same spot for it to arrive?

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   Emma Jane Richards on 09/07/2013 at 9:04 am

   hiraeth (welsh)

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    Tine on 09/10/2013 at 5:11 pm

    we have that word in danish, we just say Skadefro..

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    Kiko Olivera on 09/12/2013 at 10:00 pm

    How about “aigo” (아이고) – multi-purpose word in Korean. It can mean oops, ouch, gosh, cut-it-out-cuz-yer-getting-on-my-nerves, etc.

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    superspoof on 09/15/2013 at 10:26 am

    defenestration (english) – the act of throwing someone out the window (as seen on TV in old american westerns).

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    Burrito D. on 09/17/2013 at 12:36 pm

    I don’t know, but I hate people that do it. Including myself

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    Mike on 09/17/2013 at 4:46 pm

    the last one is inuition

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    Mariana on 09/17/2013 at 6:44 pm

    It’s not only about someone, it could be anything, it could also be about missing something that didn’t happen or that hasn’t happen yet…

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    Mar on 09/17/2013 at 6:48 pm

    the word exists in spanish “defenestrado”.

    Window in french is “fenêtre” so maybe there’s a word in french too…

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    Shivani on 10/04/2013 at 1:54 am

    saudade- a portuguese word that describes the physical ache of longing or nostalgia for someone, some thing or some place …

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    Marcelo on 11/21/2013 at 5:44 am

    “Sobremesa” in Portuguese is “postre” in Spanish. “Sobremesa” in Spanish is the definition posted here.