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Oct 19, 2026

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There's a Finnish word for drinking at home in your underwear

In 2017, the Finnish government published a set of official national emoji.

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There's a Russian word for missing something that never existed

Oct 12, 2026

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There's a Russian word for missing something that never existed

Vladimir Nabokov was fluent in Russian, English and French. He translated Eugene Onegin into English across four volumes.

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There's an Inuit word for checking the window again

Oct 5, 2026

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There's an Inuit word for checking the window again

You've already looked out of the window. Nothing. You sit down. Ninety seconds later, you're up again, looking out of the same window, at the same empty road.

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There's a German word for weight you gained from sadness

Sep 28, 2026

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There's a German word for weight you gained from sadness

The excess weight a person puts on from emotional overeating: the biscuits after a breakup, the takeaway after a bad month.

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There's a Finnish word for drinking at home in your underwear

There's a Russian word for missing something that never existed

There's an Inuit word for checking the window again

There's a German word for weight you gained from sadness

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