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Is Adronitis a real word?
Adronitis: A frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
What does Onism mean?
Onism (noun): The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time, which is like standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering over with strange place names like other people’s passwords, each representing one more thing you’ll never get to see before you die— …
Is Kairosclerosis a real word?
“Kairosclerosis n. the moment you realise that you’re currently happy- consciously trying to savor the feeling – which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste.”
Is Liberosis a real word?
John Koenig coined the term ‘Liberosis’ in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Liberosis is: “…the desire to care less about things – to loosen your grip on your life, to stop glancing behind you every few steps, afraid that someone will snatch it from you…”
What is Occhiolism?
Occhiolism (noun): The awareness of the smallness of your perspective, by which you couldn’t possibly draw any meaningful conclusions at all, about the world– because although your life is an epic and unrepeatable anecdote, it still only has a sample size of one, and may end up being the control for a much wilder …
What is Monachopsis?
Taken from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (John Koenig), monachopsis is. The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place, as maladapted to your surroundings as a seal on a beach…. unable to recognize the ambient roar of your intended habitat, in which you’d be fluidly, brilliantly, effortlessly at home.
What does Epiphany mean in English?
3a(1) : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something. (2) : an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event) usually simple and striking. (3) : an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure.
What is Kalopsia?
New Word Suggestion. A recent coinage, based on ancient Greek, meaning the state in which everything, and everyone, looks beautiful.
What is Nodus tollens?
Nodus Tollens (noun): The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore—that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre—which requires you to go back and …
Is Mimeomia a real word?
Mimeomia (noun): The frustration of knowing how easily you fit into a stereotype, even if you never intended to, even if it’s unfair, even if everyone else feels the same way—each of us trick-or-treating for money and respect and attention, wearing a safe and predictable costume because we’re tired of answering the …
What does Novaturient mean?
Meaning: Desiring changes or alterations; Desiring or seeking change in one’s life, behavior or situation; The feeling that pushes one to travel.
What does Occhiolism mean?