International Firgun Day
July 17 · Level 1 · #2180 of 2238
Firgun is the habit of feeling real, envy-free delight in someone else's success and saying so out loud. On this day, people hand out sincere praise for no reason other than meaning it.
How it is celebrated: people write warm notes to colleagues, friends and family, thank those who helped them, cheer for others' achievements in public and try to make the compliment specific rather than routine.
The word comes from Hebrew, where it is everyday speech. It is often said to have no exact English equivalent, which is why it usually needs a whole sentence to explain.