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the only state where your face moves before your brain files the paperwork.
means Feeling or expressing great happiness and delight, the kind that bubbles up and shows on you.
from Built from 'joy' plus the suffix '-ful' — literally 'full of joy.' 'Joy' came into English from Old French 'joie', which traces back to Latin 'gaudium' (joy, gladness), from the verb 'gaudere', to rejoice. The '-ful' is the same Old English suffix you find in 'hopeful' and 'careful', once meaning genuinely 'full of' — so a joyful person was understood as someone brimming, filled to the top, with joy.
- contagious chemistry
- Smiles trigger mirror neurons, hijacking nearby faces
- older than language
- Babies laugh weeks before they form words
- physical proof
- Genuine joy crinkles eyes; fake smiles can't
- survival edge
- Joyful people live measurably longer, studies show
- distinct from happy
- Joy is sudden; happiness is the slow settle
pharrell williams happy — 2013 song that became a global phenomenon, charted in 50+ countries simultaneously
rio carnival — annual celebration in rio de janeiro drawing 2 million people each year