resfeber
Language: Swedish · [ˈreːsˌfeːber] · Pronunciation: RAYS-fay-ber
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Meaning
the fizzing nerves of the hours before a journey
The story
Res is journey and feber is fever, and Swedish means it physically: the bag repacked twice, the passport checked again at midnight. The word covers only the hours before departure. English lends the feeling its butterflies, which also turn out for exams.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Swedish
- What does it literally say?
- Travel-fever
- Where would you hear it?
- The night before a flight, bag half packed
- What does it mean?
- The buzz in your gut before you leave
How it went
Round one, language, was where most points went.
The most common guesses for the translation were 'anxiety' and 'anxious'. Close, but not it.
More Swedish words
- mångata practice word
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sorting out your belongings while you can, so nobody else has to - fika blind word
the shared coffee break, with something sweet on the side - gökotta blind word
getting up at dawn to go out and hear the first birds
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the overwhelming urge to squeeze or pinch something unbearably cute
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