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Re:Mother Tongues by mr_overalls on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @11:33AM (#11621527)
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

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Re:Mother Tongues by pliftkl on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:24PM (#11623476)
I'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.
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Re:Mother Tongues by eisrep on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:58PM (#11623713)
The 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.
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Re:Mother Tongues by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @04:03AM (#11626891)
Thailand isn't so far away from the Philippines.
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Re:Mother Tongues by zafka on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @04:45PM (#11624085)
Get the spelling and come back and post it!
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Re:Mother Tongues by nvader on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:14PM (#11630372)
The phrase I use for this is "cute aggression"
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