Communication
Words about language, expression, and saying what we mean.
22 words
Mamihlapinatapai
mah-mee-hlah-pee-nah-tah-pien. Silent understanding between two people, both unwilling to act.
Watashiato
wah-tah-shee-ah-tohn. Curiosity about the impact you've had on the lives of the people you know.
Semaphorism
sem-uh-fawr-iz-uhmn. A conversational hint indicating a personal insight without further elaboration.
Achenia
uh-kee-nee-uhn. The maddening sense that the world is too complex to even begin to understand.
Paro
pahr-ohn. The feeling that everything you do is always somehow wrong.
Suente
soo-ent-eyn. The state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them without thinking or speaking.
O’Erpine
awr-pahynn. To wander through a cemetery imagining the lives of the deceased.
Momophobia
moh-muh-foh-bee-uhn. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.
Anaphasia
an-uh-fey-zhahn. The fear that society is breaking apart into factions with nothing in common.
adj. Feeling trapped inside your own language, struggling to break free from its age-old structures and melodies.
Vicarious
vik-er-uhsadj. Curious to know what someone else would do if they were in your shoes, eager to watch another actor put their own spin on the character of You.
n. A sincere emotion that seems to wither into mush as soon as you try to put it into words.
Anecdoche
uh-nek-doh-keen. A conversation where everyone talks but nobody listens, each borrowing bits of others' anecdotes to build their own.
Povism
poh-viz-uhmn. The frustration of being stuck inside your own head, unable to interpret how you are perceived by others.
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