Words To Use In 2017

Why not jump into 2017 with fun words you can use and you will only understand them!

Mamihlapinatapai

Yaghan

A look between two people that suggest an unspoken, shared desire

Iktusarpok

INUIT

To go outside to check if anyone is coming

Tartle

SCOTTISH

The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name

Lagom

SWEDISH

Enough, sufficient, adequate, or just the right amount

Culaccino

ITALIAN

The mark left on a table by a cold glass

Mångata

SWEDISH

The word for the glimmering, roadlike reflection that the moon creates on water

Jayus

INDONESIAN

A joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh

Kyoikumama

JAPANESE

A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement

Prozvonit

CZECH

To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money

L’appel du vide

FRENCH

Describes the instinctive urge to jump from high places

Kintsukuroi

JAPANESE

To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having been broken

Age-otori

JAPANESE

To look worse after a haircut

Komorebi

JAPANESE

When sunlight filers through the trees- the interplay between the light and the leaves

Words are from- Quora and Matador Network

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