uffda
This week’s word is uffda. A Swedish word is ‘a word of sympathy, used when someone else is in pain’. What a wonderful word to end this season on! Let's hear what the word has to say for itself, shall we?
Dec 30, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 30
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Land Nam
This week’s word is land nam. An Icelandic word meaning ‘the sanctification of new land by mythologizing it’. Sounds like it has more to say for itself, don't you think? Let's hear it out!
Dec 23, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 29
fisselig
This week’s word is fisselig. A German word meaning ‘flustered to the point of incompetence’. But what else does this word have to say for itself? Let's listen in!
Dec 16, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Salogok
This week’s word is salogok. An Eskimo word meaning ‘young black ice’. I bet there's far more to this word than meets the eye. Let's hear what it has to say for itself!
Dec 09, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Baraka
This week’s word is baraka. An Arabic word meaning ‘a gift of spiritual energy that can be used for mundane purposes’. Sounds interesting! Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself, shall we?
Dec 02, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 26
maya
This week’s word is maya. A Sanskrit word meaning ‘the mistaken belief that a symbol is the same as the reality it represents’. Sounds like a big deal. What does this word really have to say for itself?
Nov 25, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Fucha
This week’s word is fucha. A Polish word meaning ‘using company time and resources for your own ends’. What a juicy word! Let's hear what else it has to say for itself, shall we?
Nov 18, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 24
ta
This week’s word is ta. A Chinese word meaning ‘to understand things and thus take them lightly’. How mysterious... Shall we listen in and hear what else this word has to say for itself?
Nov 11, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Lagniappe
This week’s word is lagniappe. A French Creole word meaning ‘an unexpected gift to a stranger or customer’. Now this word might be foreign to most of the United States, but not in New Orleans. Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself!
Nov 04, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Ponte
This week’s word is ponte. An Italian word meaning ‘an extra day off, taken to add a weekend to a national holiday’. Such an Italian word, right? Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself!
Oct 28, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 21
shibui
This week’s word is shibui. A Japanese word meaning ‘the beauty of aging’. One of the many words in Japanese remarking on beauty. But let's hear what else this word has to say for itself!
Oct 21, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Drachenfutter
This week’s word is Drachenfutter. A German word meaning ‘peace offering for wives from guilty husbands’. It’s an interesting word in many ways. But let's hear what else this word has to say for itself, shall we?
Oct 14, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Sabsung
This week’s word is sabsung. A Thai word meaning ‘to slake an emotional or spiritual thirst, to be revitalized’. Maybe you can relate to this? Let's hear what the word has to say for itself!
Oct 07, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Bricoleur
This week’s word is bricoleur. A French word meaning ‘a person who constructs things by randomly messing around without following an explicit plan’. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself, shall we?
Sep 30, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 17
hozh’q
This week’s word is hozh’q. A Navajo word meaning ‘the beauty of life, as seen and created by a person’. But there must be so much more to it than that. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself!
Sep 23, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 16
cavoli riscaldati
This week’s word is cavoli riscaldati, an Italian phrase that means ‘an attempt to revive an old relationship’. What else does this word have to say for itself? Let's listen in!
Sep 16, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 15
wabi
This week’s word is wabi, a Japanese word meaning ‘a flawed detail that creates an elegant whole’. What else does this word have to say for itself? Let's listen in!
Sep 09, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Talanoa
This week’s word is talanoa. A Hindi word that means ‘idle talk as a social adhesive’. There's much more to this word though, let's hear what it has to say for itself!
Sep 02, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Treppenwitz / esprit de l’escalier
This week’s word is a double hitter: Treppenwitz in German and esprit de l’escalier in French. They both refer to a clever remark that comes to mind when it’s too late to utter it. Let's hear what these words have to say for themselves!
Aug 26, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 12
rasa
This week’s word is rasa. A Sanskrit word meaning ‘the mood or sentiment evoked by a work of art’. But there's so much to this word, let's hear what else it has to say for itself!
Aug 19, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Mokita
This week’s word is mokita. This is a Kiriwina word that means ‘a truth everybody knows but nobody speaks’. Kiriwina is just one of the many languages existing on New Guinea. Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself!
Aug 12, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Razbliuto
This week’s word is razbliuto, a Russian word that means ‘the feeling a person has for someone they once loved but no longer does’. What else does this word have to say for itself?
Aug 05, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
mamihlapinatapei
This week’s word is mamihlapinatapei. This is a Tierra del Fuegan word referring to a meaningful look shared by two people, that expresses mutual unstated feelings. Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself!
Jul 29, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Berrieh
This week’s word is berrieh, a Yiddish word referring to an energetic and competent woman, i.e. housewife. But put your preconception aside, this word is so much more than you think. Let's hear what it has to say for itself...
Jul 22, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 7
rojong
This week’s word is rojong. An Indonesian word that means mutual cooperation. What a lovely idea! And, of course, there's more to it than that. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself!
Jul 15, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Orenda
This week’s word is orenda. A Haudenosaunee word that means ‘the power of voiced and focused will’. It’s quite literally the opposite of fate or kismet. Let's hear what else it has to say for itself!
Jul 08, 2024•3 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Tartle
This week’s word is tartle. A Scottish word that means to ‘postpone or hesitate’. Let's hear what it has to say for itself...
Jul 01, 2024•2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
mbuki-mvuki
This week’s word is mbuki-mvuki. A Bantu word meaning ‘to shuck off your clothes and dance madly’. Does it sound familiar to you at all? Let's listen to what it has to say for itself...
Jun 24, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Zeitgeist
This week’s word is Zeitgeist. A German word stemming from the 19th century meaning ‘the spirit of the time’. The prevailing mood of a certain period. But there's so much more to it than that. Let's see what it has to say for itself!
Jun 17, 2024•4 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Ho’oponopono
This week’s word is ho’oponopono, a Hawaiian word that comes from ho'o ("to make") and pono ("right"). Solving a problem or issue by talking it out. But it's so much more than that, let's hear what it has to say for itself, shall we?
Jun 10, 2024•5 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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