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Literally 'grief bacon'. The weight you gain from stress or emotional eating. One of the most darkly relatable German compound words.
The overwhelming urge to pinch or squeeze something because it's so cute. Also felt when seeing babies, puppies, or anything impossibly adorable.
A longing for home that no longer exists or never was. A nostalgia and grief for the lost places of your past, or a romanticized past.
The overwhelming, indescribable feeling of joy when you're falling in love with someone. There is no English equivalent.
Literally 'far-sickness', the opposite of homesickness — a craving for travel and distant places you've never been.
Vladimir Nabokov described it as 'a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness.' It can range from mild longing to a deep ache of the soul.
The wordless look shared between two people who both want to initiate something but neither wants to be the first to do so.
A melancholic nostalgia for something you love that is gone, or may never have existed. Often used to describe the feeling of missing a homeland, a person, or a past moment.