Coming soon to a self-help-inflected Netflix documentary!
Jutpälvirsaippy (Finnish): A warm, fuzzy feeling induced by thinking of your nation’s robust social services
Zzxjoanw (Maori): A secondhand embarrassment one gets when watching foreign political leaders behave poorly
Voirepergne (French): The miraculous ability of some women to eat high fat diets and remain slim (alternative, archaic: the miraculous ability of some women to look stylish even when wearing rags, or, the miraculous ability of some women to somehow be pretty even when hideous)
Schnitzengruben (German): a friendliness that nevertheless grates or disgusts the recipient
卞工几と 日ヨ工几呂 (Japanese): the sense of mental well-being that comes from knowing one has the exactly ideal number of possessions
Kamelåså (Danish): a cozy aesthetic that should be easily achieved with purchases from large Scandinavian chain stores yet somehow looks stupid and cheap if you live outside the Arctic Circle
Dututebatti (Luxembourgish): a fluency with myriad languages, acquired early in life and seemingly with ease
쟁반 받쳐줄게요 (Korean): the ability to blend in to or be embraced by a wide variety of societies and cultures; alt. impeccable social skills (useful idiom: “polite tourist in a china shop”)
Schulleilis (Gaelic): a soft and universally pleasing tone of voice
Darajuiwolo (Yoruba): a combination of perseverance, strength, and optimism, all of which are readily understandable to English speakers, and yet none are able to harness the power of darajuiwolo without purchasing a book or listening to between six and eleven Ted talks on the subject
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