Traveling
Words for being on journeys and in foreign places.
20 words
Vacilando
vah-see-lan-dohv. Traveling for the journey rather than the destination.
adj. Inexplicably moved by predictable and well-worn sentiments.
Dystoria
dis-toh-ree-uhn. A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history.
n. The otherworldly aura of seeing recordings of a friend in early childhood.
Exulansis
ek-suh-lan-sisn. The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because others cannot relate to it.
Latigo
lat-i-gohn. A dizzying sense of awe at the sheer scale of modern society.
n. The nagging sense that you never quite manage to immerse yourself in a foreign culture.
Nodus Tollens
noh-dus tah-luhnsn. The sense that your life doesn't fit into a story.
Moriturism
moh-rich-uh-riz-uhmn. A tiny jolt of awareness that someday you will die, leaving you with a profound realization of life's impermanence.
adj. Mysteriously compelled to wave to passing strangers in remote locations.
n. The phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode.
Caucic
kaw-sikadj. Afraid that your life is predetermined by predictable milestones, wishing for a break to reassess your path.
adj. Feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can't do much, temporarily alleviating the burden of constant activity.
Aberbeeg
unknownvb. To adopt a Mexican accent for playing foreigners in amateur acting.
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