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Repeat after me: “Hanibaram”

Related Posts: duende; saudade; wabi-sabi; l’esprit de l’escalier; Repeat after me: “Babí léto”; “Repeat after me: “Plimpplampplettere” Source: wordstuck.

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DK Profiler Diagnosis: Malady of Malapropos

mal·ap·ro·pos [mal-ap-ruh-poh]  1) adjective: inappropriate; out of place; inopportune; untimely: a malapropos remark. 2) adverb: inappropriately; inopportunely. Origin:  1660–70;  < French mal à...

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Repeat after me: “Nakama”

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SMWI*: Hüftgold

SMWI* = Saturday morning workout inspiration. Word Source: Word-stuck.  Image Source: WebMD

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Repeat after me: “Mélomanie”

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Repeat after me: “Poudrerie”

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I’m an Occhiolic

occhiolism n. the awareness of the smallness of your perspective, by which you couldn’t possibly draw any meaningful conclusions at all, about the world or the past or the complexities of culture,...

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Opia

opia – n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable–their pupils glittering, bottomless and opaque–as if you were peering through a...

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Spaces of Otherness

Heterotopia is a concept elaborated by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe spaces of otherness, which are neither here nor there, that are simultaneously physical and mental, such as the space of...

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Zephyr (ZƐF ƏR)

ZEPHYR (ZƐF ƏR), noun. Deemed one of the most beautiful words in the English language due to its euphony, rare sighting and letter composition, Zephyr is described as a gentle, mild breeze. It does...

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