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Here’s an article from David Robson on BBC Future that describes a project called “positive lexicography.” The project is the brainchild of Tim Lomas, who is collecting words from other languages that we don’t have English equivalents for. In particular, he’s collecting words for feelings, emotions, and behaviours that might help us draw attention to things that we haven’t been able to.

The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had