Tag Archives: Words
copperbadge: pinglederry: decoy-ocelot: Oh, oh, this reminds me of the only known bilingual palindrome: Anger? ‘Tis safe never. Bar it! Use love. Spell that backward and you get: Evoles ut ira breve nefas sit; regna! Which is Latin for: Rise up, in order that your anger may be but a brief madness; control it! @copperbadgeContinue reading
lebensmüde adjective. literal translation: “life tired” This used to be a dramatic, poetic expression for people who are tired and exhausted of life and its struggles. Nowadays it’s used to describe people who do reckless things out of stupidity and/or boredom. (via weirdgermanwords) Source: weirdgermanwords
otherkinwords: Aequorealadjective | (archaic, rare, poetic) marine; oceanic Source: otherkinwords
يقبرني/ya’aburnee (idiom) An untranslatable, Arabic phrase literally meaning you bury me, ya’aburnee is the hope that one’s lover will die before them because life without them is unbearable. This both beautiful and morbid expression is generally used in the Levantine Arabic dialect. (via wordsnquotes) Source: wordsnquotes
Zodiac Signs as… Emotions People Feel but Can’t Explain.
zodiacsociety: Aries: Lachesism– The desire to be struck by disaster – to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire. Taurus: Chrysalism– The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. Gemini: Onism– The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time. Cancer: Liberosis–Continue reading “Zodiac Signs as… Emotions People Feel but Can’t Explain.”
terpsikeraunos: thoodleoo: a neat latin word for you guys: noctivagus, wandering in the night, used by lucretius to describe what appears to be the stars and by vergil to describe diana’s chariot another cool word in that vein is nemorivagus, forest-wandering
otherkinwords: Effulgenceadjective | A brilliant radiance; A shining forth Suggested by: ispeakforthewolves! Thank you! Source: otherkinwords
23 Emotions people feel, but can’t explain
surfingonbrainwaves: tai-korczak: Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own. Opia: The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place. Énouement: The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how thingsContinue reading “23 Emotions people feel, but can’t explain”
ultrafacts: Nemophilist (pronounced ne-‘mo-fe-list) means someone with a love or fondness for forests, woods, or woodland scenery, or someone who often visits them – a ‘haunter’ of woods. The word derives from the Greek ‘nemos,’ grove, and ‘philos,’ affection. The use of the word appears to distinguish it from the more formal pursuit of ‘forestry’Continue reading
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