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I'm fascinated by these words that describe pieces of our lived experience in a way that makes us say, "I knew there was a word for this!" They seem similar to
by mr_overalls 10y ago
I'm fascinated by these words that describe pieces of our lived experience in a way that makes us say, "I knew there was a word for this!" They seem similar to the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, but in a semantic sense.
A few from English that I like:
curglaff - the shock felt in bathing when one first plunges into the cold water
groak - to silently watch someone while they are eating, hoping to be invited to join them
- pliftkl 10y agoI'm not sure of the spelling, and I'm sure I'd butcher it, but Thai has a word for "the overwhelming urge to pinch a baby because it's so damn cute". My wife uses it on a regular basis when we're out and about and she sees babies.
- eisrep 10y agoThe Philippines (Tagalog) has a word with basically the same meaning--gigil. It's pretty interesting to learn another language has a word for the same feeling because there isn't really a fit in English.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoThailand isn't so far away from the Philippines.
- zafka 10y agoGet the spelling and come back and post it!
- nvader 10y agoThe phrase I use for this is "cute aggression"