Creativity
Words about artistic expression and imagination.
79 words
Kilig
kee-lign. The feeling of butterflies in your stomach from something romantic or cute.
Tartle
tar-tuln. Hesitating when introducing someone because you've forgotten their name.
n. A long-forgotten mistake from your past that could reappear at any time and rip your life apart.
Inerrata
in-eh-vah-tuhn. A kind of mistake you wouldn't take back even if you could.
Beloiter
bih-loi-tervy. To look around in mild astonishment that your life is still ongoing.
Eigenschauung
ahy-guhn-shou-oongn. The degree to which your view of the world is warped by your own presence in it.
Emodox
ee-moh-doksn. Someone whose mood is perpetually out of sync with others, prone to various emotional states.
Moledro
moh-leh-drohn. A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet.
Aponemia
ap-uh-nee-mee-uhn. The peculiar quality of never having chosen to be born, shared by everyone else around you.
n. The shock of meeting someone and realizing your mental image of them is outdated.
n. An important part of your personality that remains hidden from others.
Dystoria
dis-toh-ree-uhn. A feeling of irrelevance from the broader forces of history.
Elsing
el-singn. The unconscious habit of seeing someone as a representation of someone else, obscuring their true identity.
Hickering
hik-er-ingn. The habit of falling hard for a new acquaintance and imagining an elaborate future together.
n. A resurgent emotion that you hadn't felt in years, that you might have forgotten about completely if your emotional playlist hadn't accidentally been left on shuffle.
adj. Astonished to think back on the bizarre sequence of accidents that brought you to where you are today.
Wytai
wahy-tahyn. A feature of modern civilization that strikes you as absurd and grotesque.
Ecury
ek-yuh-reen. A conversation that spans huge intervals of time, kept alive by contributors who casually overlay their thoughts.
Maru Mori
mah-roo moh-reen. The heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things.
adj. Longing to disappear completely and become invisible in a crowd.
Momophobia
moh-muh-foh-bee-uhn. The fear of speaking off the cuff or from the heart.
Gaudia Civis
gou-dee-uh siv-isn. A humble pulse of gratification felt when participating in civic duties.
Zielschmerz
zeel-shmertsn. The dread of finally pursuing a lifelong dream and facing the test of your true abilities.
Adronitis
ad-roh-nahy-tisn. Frustration with the slow process of getting to know someone deeply.
Amentalio
ah-men-tal-yohn. The sadness of forgetting sense memories of the departed.
Epistrix
ih-pis-triksn. A disconcerting cluster of simultaneous endings.
n. The act of trying to keep an amazing discovery to yourself.
Nementia
ne-men-shuhn. The post-distraction effort to recall the reason for heightened emotions.
Kairosclerosis
kahy-roh-skluh-roh-sisn. The moment you consciously try to savor your current happiness, only to have it slowly dissolve into an aftertaste.
Anaphasia
an-uh-fey-zhahn. The fear that society is breaking apart into factions with nothing in common.
Occhiolism
oh-kyoh-liz-uhmn. The awareness of how fundamentally limited your senses are.
Feresy
fer-uh-seen. The fear that your partner is changing in ways you don't understand, even though they might be changes for the better.
Anechosis
an-uh-koh-sisn. A state of exhaustion with being told what you want to hear, longing for someone to challenge you to become a better person.
Jouska
zhoos-kan. A hypothetical conversation played out in one's head that is more satisfying than real-life interactions.
Fawtle
faw-tuhln. A weird little flaw in your partner that endears them more to you.
Yeorie
yoh-reen. A certain scent that has the power to sweep you back to childhood.
Aasleagh
unknownn. A liqueur for the end of a long party when better drinks are gone.
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