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The Vocabulary of Weltschmerz
Welcome to Dictionary of Despair - the Vocabulary of Weltschmerz. A self-help guide for the time poor and contentment challenged. Struggling to…
Umbrij
Jan 2, 2021
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November 2020
Welcome to the Frightgeist
When fear is your constant companion...
Umbrij
Nov 6, 2020
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October 2020
Zoombie
A modern phenomenon, born of extended homeworking due to coronavirus. It's that dead-to-the-world, thousand-yard stare of the veteran of 9 solid hours…
Umbrij
Oct 25, 2020
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Shelf-Aggrandizement
A relatively new phenomenon – shelf aggrandizement is the act of positioning oneself in front of the most impressive selection of erudite literature as…
Umbrij
Oct 7, 2020
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April 2020
Poormanteau
A particularly weak or low-quality instance of a portmanteau, e.g. sticknorance, grammerage or manguage.
Umbrij
Apr 26, 2020
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January 2020
Resolution Recycling
Happy New Year! It's that time again - resolution time. Or more like, resolution recycling. "What is this?", I hear you ask. Resolution recycling is the…
Umbrij
Jan 1, 2020
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December 2019
Bubble of Obliviousness
Self-awareness is what separates us from the beasts. Is it possible that some people have so much self awareness that they have no awareness left for…
Umbrij
Dec 27, 2019
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Sticknorance
The absolute conviction of some individuals who feel that they have been dealt a poor hand by the universe, or often an emergent phenomenon of the…
Umbrij
Dec 27, 2019
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Precrastination
Relaxation Anxiety is a subtle and cunning subversion of sensible behavior. The inability to relax, combined with the lack of desire to undertake any…
Umbrij
Dec 27, 2019
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August 2019
BA
See Battery Anxiety
Umbrij
Aug 10, 2019
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Residual Parental Guilt
You do your best to raise them and then send them out into the world, knowing that you have done all that you possibly can to prepare them. Right…
Umbrij
Aug 4, 2019
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Litmus of Limitation
We all generally feel that we are locked at some notional age, perhaps in our early twenties, but how does one establish when youth has decided to sneak…
Umbrij
Aug 4, 2019
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