Tag: words
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A soldier finds a little girl without a care in the world in the middle of a battlefield and forms an unlikely friendship.
The child’s innocence is something that writers continually try to capture and recreate repeatedly. There is just something alluring about this purity. So, finding such innocence in the middle of something that actually ruins innocence and yet still seeing it thriving is a glorious concept to write about and can lead a reader and a writer to magical places.
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Legerdemain (PRONUNCIATION)
a sleight of hand; an artful deception or trick
(October 9, 2014)
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Have you ever had that moment where you were feeling a certain feeling, experiencing a certain experience, sensing a certain sensation but no matter what you do you just can’t seem to find a word to describe this unknown, yet obsessively encompassing feeling, experience, and sensation? For hours and hours, you have tried searching German dictionaries to find an inkling of a solution to this tiny, tiny problem but alas, you are yet to find a language with which this fee-xpe-sation could truly be justifiably encapsulated in a single word. Well, have you tried looking at The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows?
Grabbed from the website’s description, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a website dedicated to describing these enigmatic feelings that cannot be (as of now) described by any known official dictionary. The author, John Koenig, describes it beautifully in his description by saying that:
“Each sorrow is bagged, tagged, and tranquilized, then released gently back into the subconscious.”
The site is just what it says: it is a compendium of invented words. Here are a few samples of words made by John Koenig that resonate with me (and will be making a series of guest appearances in my current vocabulary):
Now the best part about these words, aside from the fact that they have the ability to describe the most specific yet relatable feelings, is that they aren’t just words that he thought of randomly. These are words with proper etymologies attached to them. Here’s one example:
To read more about these wicked awesome words by some guy named John, click on all the links in the post. Also, special thanks to this person right here for recommending this site. Thank you very much, random citizen!
[Note: The Vagabond was not paid for this. Obviously, this was a recommendation to me which I am now recommending to all of you. It’s a feature. Though monetary dealings are always welcome. *awkward suggestive gestures here* Check out this precious gem of a website right now while they’re distracted, quick!]
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Gigantomachy (Pronunciation)
a war of giants especially the war of the giants against heaven
(October 6, 2014)
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