• @MehBlah
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    322 months ago

    Schadenfreude. I mean they probably didn’t invent the feeling but I can give them credit for it along with the word.

        • @idiomaddict
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          2 months ago

          Or homesickness. Fernweh, on the other hand, only exists (somewhat) in English in idioms, afaik: itchy feet

            • @samus12345
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              22 months ago

              Why aren’t they called “homelust” or “wandersickness?”

                • @[email protected]
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                  12 months ago

                  It is also an older way to express a longing of the heart for something, in this case home / unknown places respectively.

              • @idiomaddict
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                22 months ago

                The English “wanderlust” comes from the German Wanderlust more recently (1902). In German, Lust is related to the English “lust,” but it’s got less of a sensual connotation. “Homesickness” also comes from German (1798), but it was translated into English.

        • @BatrickPateman
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          32 months ago

          Any word in Welsh is a weird way to spell a word.

      • @MehBlah
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        12 months ago

        Its more than a feeling.