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Languid words (lemmus.org)
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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I didn't know eudaimonia or flaneur, I like these! :D

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I knew flaneur as an adjective in German, for example when you go on a walk through a shopping street, without any intent of shopping you go "flanieren". Just having a walk, looking at stores and people.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It’s a french word too, though that usually translates more to loitering

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah the bottom two are straight up French words.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And they have straight up common English versions, abandon and loiterer.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So once again French getting used to make shit sound fancier than it is, I'm used to it haha.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

From a french perspective, it's english once again taking fancy words and pronouncing them like shit :p

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, those Germans have a word for everything.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It appears we took it from French, but we have it nevertheless.

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