So I found this post on tumblr and I had to share it, since we all like knowing the words we should be using instead of our stupid americanized short cuts, I figured I would show you all a way to sound super smart and not at all stoned
1 – Sophrosyne
pronunciation | “so-frO-‘sU-nA
Greek script | σωφροσύνη
note | To everyone who is thinking “I want to get there” and also to everyone who is thinking “I’ll never get there”—you will. Even if it’s a battle, keep fighting, because you are good and strong and valuable, and your happiness is worth it.
2 – Vorfreude
pronunciation | ‘for-froi-duh
3 – Numinous
pronunciation | ‘nU-mi-nus
note | The word originated in religious usage, but it can be applied to natural experiences as well as supernatural. It can also mean “suggesting the presence of something holy or divine”.
4 – Nemophilist
pronunciation | ne-‘mo-fe-list
5 – Sillage
pronunciation | ‘sE-yazh
notes | sillage is how close a perfume stays to your skin; perfume with light sillage does not leave much trace in the air. also, not to be confused with silage (sy-ladzh), which is a type of cow food.
6 – Erlebnisse
pronunciation | Ar-‘lEb-nis-e (ayr-LEEB-nis-eh)
singular | Erlebnis
7 – Koyaanisqatsi
pronunciation | koy-an-Es-kot-sA
8 – Meliorism
pronunciation | ‘mE-lE-or-iz-m
9 – Fernweh
pronunciation | FEIRN-veyh, with fei as in feint
10 – Ostranenie
pronunciation | ‘os-tra-“nen-E
note | generally used as an art term
Russian | остранение
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11 – Smultronställe
pronunciation | “smUl-tron-‘stel-e
12 – Mamihlapinatapai
pronunciation | ma-mE-la-pin-ya-ta-pI
Original art by a2star.
13 – Rasasvada
pronunciation | ‘ra-sas-“va-da
14 – Acatalepsy
pronunciation | a-‘cat-a-lep-sE
15 – Weltanschauung
pronunciation | wElt’-An-sh-au-“unG
16 – Hiraeth
pronunciation | ‘hEr-rIth (HEER-eyeth, with a fast heer and a soft th)
17 – Nefelibata
pronunciation | ne-fe-lE-‘ba-ta
18 – Firgun
pronunciation | fEr-‘gOn
Hebrew script | פירגון
19 – Metanoia
pronunciation | (meh-tah-NOY-ah)
20 – Dérive
pronunciation | de-‘rEv
21 – Orenda
pronunciation | or-en-da
22 – Sehnsucht
pronunciation | zEn-‘zUkt
23 – Tsundoko
pronunciation | tsUn-dO-kU (tsoon-doh-koo)
Japanese script | 積ん読 kanji, つんどく hiragana
24 – Gezellig
pronunciation | CHe-‘zel-iCH (CH being a soft guttural sound, as in German; something like a rough h)
25 – Cafuné
pronunciation | \ka-‘fU-nA\ (ka-foo-nay)
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