adjective
Descriptive of the state of wanting to simultaneously do everything at once and nothing at all.
An online repository of neologisms concerning 21st century Western maladies, doldrums and despondencies.
Friday 28 September 2012
Friday 21 September 2012
Fool's Guilt
noun
Guilt suffered in spite of the reasonableness or necessity of the causative action.
Example scenario: An urgent request has to be turned down due to a lack of available time.
Guilt suffered in spite of the reasonableness or necessity of the causative action.
Example scenario: An urgent request has to be turned down due to a lack of available time.
Friday 14 September 2012
Numbsnap
noun
The moment of immediate, intense regret following a seemingly innocuous action.
Example scenario: The unplanned revelation of a previously concealed truth in the crucible of social interaction.
The moment of immediate, intense regret following a seemingly innocuous action.
Example scenario: The unplanned revelation of a previously concealed truth in the crucible of social interaction.
Tuesday 11 September 2012
Mullmort
noun
State of anxiety brought on by trying to imagine the experience of death.
State of anxiety brought on by trying to imagine the experience of death.
Rankthrill
noun
Sensation caused by the rapid souring of pleasure, tending to be more intense the more unexpected the pleasure.
Example scenario: Brief, enjoyable bodily contact that is soon revealed as unintentional, eg. a brushing of the shoulder by a close companion.
Sensation caused by the rapid souring of pleasure, tending to be more intense the more unexpected the pleasure.
Example scenario: Brief, enjoyable bodily contact that is soon revealed as unintentional, eg. a brushing of the shoulder by a close companion.
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