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1. Cualacino

Coasters were never my friend

And your frustrated sighs became something I learned to ignore

For how important could it possibly be,

to place my wine glass on another flat surface?

Isn’t that what tables where made for?

Cualacino (n.) 
The mark made ​​on a table because of a cold glass.
Language of Origin: Italian

2. Depaysement

Your job took you on wonderful adventures

But you always came back to me

I’d wait for days on end to be in your arms

And sitting right in our house

I never felt at home without you

Depaysement (n.) 

The feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country.

Language of Origin: French

3. Goya

I didn’t believe them when they told me you had left

I still can’t believe you only left me a note

And yet, I am happy you did

Because you left with me a good day or two of denial

Something that would have been stripped with a proper goodbye

Goya (n.)

The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur

Language of Origin: Urdu

4. Iktsuarpok

Sunday night, I looked out the window

It was movie night and I knew you’d come home

Monday night, was nothing special

There was no Monday night tradition

But I still waited for you to come home

Iktsuarpok (n.)

The feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming.

Language of Origin: Inuit

5. Waldeinsamkeit

After finding a trail we could walk home on

I promised you we’d never go camping again

And as you stormed off to avoid another clash

I couldn’t help but feel comfortable having a moment to myself

By then, I already knew our time would be ephemeral

Waldeinsamkeit (n.)

The feeling of being alone in the woods.

Language of Origin: German

6. Jayus

Your specialty has always been very bad jokes

And as if you actually believed you were funny,

You introduced yourself to my father with a personal comedy act

He laughed out of pity

I laughed out of secondhand embarrassment

Jayus (n.)

A joke told so poorly and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh.

Language of Origin: Indonesian

7. Komorebi

The first time you convinced me to go camping

Was the first time I passed out of exhaustion

Because, of course, we got lost in the middle of sunny California

And instead of waking me up, you laid down next to me

Thinking I had found a nice shady place to take a nap

Komorebi (n.) 

Sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees.

Language of Origin: Japanese

8. Pana Po’o

The keys are in the key drawer

The keys are in the key drawer

The keys are in the key drawer

The keys are in the key drawer

The keys are always in the key drawer

Pana Po’o (v.)

The act of scratching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten.

Language of Origin: Hawaiian

9. Pochemuchka

Why did you have to go?

Why did you have to run away from all of our problems?

Why couldn’t you have taken me with you?

Why am I to blame?

I know relationships can be difficult, but why?

Pochemuchka (n.)

A person who asks a lot of questions.

Language of Origin: Russian

10. Mangata

I wish you had taken me boating

Because then I would have a reason to hate the ocean

But the ocean never witnessed our unhappiness

And for that, I hate it even more.

Why am I the only one to suffer?

Mangata (n.)

The road like reflection of the moon on the water.

Language of Origin: Swiss