Theme

Communication

Words about language, expression, and saying what we mean.

22 words

Trepverter

trep-ver-ter

n. A witty comeback thought of too late.

Mamihlapinatapai

mah-mee-hlah-pee-nah-tah-pie

n. Silent understanding between two people, both unwilling to act.

Murr-ma

murr-mah

v. Searching for something in water using only your feet.

Watashiato

wah-tah-shee-ah-toh

n. Curiosity about the impact you've had on the lives of the people you know.

Semaphorism

sem-uh-fawr-iz-uhm

n. A conversational hint indicating a personal insight without further elaboration.

Achenia

uh-kee-nee-uh

n. The maddening sense that the world is too complex to even begin to understand.

Paro

pahr-oh

n. The feeling that everything you do is always somehow wrong.

Suente

soo-ent-ey

n. The state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them without thinking or speaking.

O’Erpine

awr-pahyn

n. To wander through a cemetery imagining the lives of the deceased.

Momophobia

moh-muh-foh-bee-uh

n. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.

Anaphasia

an-uh-fey-zhah

n. 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-uhs

adj. 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-kee

n. A conversation where everyone talks but nobody listens, each borrowing bits of others' anecdotes to build their own.

Povism

poh-viz-uhm

n. The frustration of being stuck inside your own head, unable to interpret how you are perceived by others.

n. Complainer about the word 'gay' being lost.

n. Person who interrupts to talk about themselves.

Banff

unknown

adj. Facial expression for passport photos.

Damnaglaur

unknown

n. Facial expression for Macbeth actors.

Epworth

unknown

n. Value of epping's usefulness.

Feakle

unknown

vb. Facial expressions to young girls.

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