In English: multiple words for what we simply call "love". It encompasses many different feelings.
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For context, I'm reading this on the can.
I want a word for taking an immensely satisfying dump. The kind where you can just sit down and in a short period of time with minimal effort just drop one large single uninterrupted turd, no splash, and don't feel the need to squeeze out anything else.
Then this word can be casually applied to other tasks. Like pulling a trash bag out of the garbage can by the drawstrings in one simple motion without having to shimmy it out and it doesn't even slightly move the trash can or liner. Or when you're doing laundry, have a balled up sock and whipping it one in the air it becomes completely unbunched up in the right direction.
The specific feeling of wanting to be anywhere but here, but not dying. I want to stop existing, but dying is too much. I want to be nothing. To evaporate. Idk how to explain it.
Søren Kierkegaard called that "existential angst."
The only problem is, it's two words instead of one full word...
Is this really a problem though? Compound words in English can be spaced, hyphenated, and sometimes even parenthesized. German has the word "doppelkupplungsgetriebe" which means "dual clutch gearbox" but whether the first pair is hyphenated or not, these three words in English together refer to a single object, a type of automobile transmission.
Separating the word into its parts is no different than splitting "hypoglycemia" (hypo meaning low, glyco meaning sugar, and -emia meaning presence in blood) into its parts: useful for understanding, but cannot substitute for the original compound word. The difference between the English and German word is a matter of spelling and punctuation.
Meanwhile, English has a genuine lack of a word for joy from the misfortune of others, that we borrow the word verbatim from English. The vacuum of a word meant we looked farther afield. And while that word was imported, I imagine there's a similar challenge finding an English word for "the warm feeling of sand between ones toes at the beach". The need for words is solved by usage, not by prescribing rules that prohibit importation.
The need for words is solved by usage, not by prescribing rules that prohibit importation.
Yes, I definitely agree. My earlier "the only problem is, it's two words" was my strict attempt to stick to the OP's definition "its own word" (with "word" as singular) while also being biased towards closed compound words instead of open or hyphenated compound words. I'm aware a morpheme isn't the same thing as a word, and a word can contain multiple morphemes, it's just that... well, at least to my eyes and ears, as someone who quite enjoys stitching words together, a closed compound word describing something feels better than having an open or hyphenated compound word. I'm quite fond of neologisms, especially when they're a single, running sequence of letters (as pneumoultramicroscopicosilicovulcaniconiosis is a single sequence, albeit gigantic and breakable).
Therefore, by "problem" I didn't mean "grammatically problematic". Grammatically, it's okay and, in fact, expected. I guess the word "problem" was way too much for what I actually meant.
Compound words in English can be spaced, hyphenated, and sometimes even parenthesized.
Yes, similar thing happens in Portuguese (my native language as a Brazilian): some examples include "quarta-feira" (Wednesday) and "trem de pouso" (landing gear).
German has the word “doppelkupplungsgetriebe” which means “dual clutch gearbox” but whether the first pair is hyphenated or not, these three words in English together refer to a single object, a type of automobile transmission.
The first part of the word instantly reminded me of the word "doppelganger" and, AFAIA, it has no hyphen.
Meanwhile, English has a genuine lack of a word for joy from the misfortune of others
While I was reading this part of your reply, the word "sadism" immediately popped up in my head as the closest English word to describe schadenfreude, except, in practice, yeah, both words are very different in meaning. (Also, sadism is literally coined after a proper name, Sade's name)
"Saudade" (Portuguese for that feeling of missing someone, as in the feeling from "she misses her deceased grandma") is also a word "missing" (pun intended) an English equivalent.
emia meaning presence in blood
Not sure if this was intentional but I loved the reference (the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell). Lol
importation.
Trivia: if we get deeper into etymology and history of evolution of human languages, we could argue modern languages are almost entirely comprised of imported words. The word "importation", itself, is a meta example:
in (Latin for “in, at, on; into”) + portō (Latin for “to carry, bear; convey”) + ātiō (from -tiō, Latin suffix added to verbs to form action nouns denoting a process, action, or result of an action)
I wish to be abundantly clear that I wasn't attacking your position, but that folks on the fence about "what makes a proper English word" should have some examples where English does the thing that makes the language fairly ~~incomprehensible~~ unique.
Not sure if this was intentional
I absolutely intended that and I'm glad you noticed! The doppelkupplungsgetriebe example is also a reference to an episode of Top Gear (UK). I meant to hyperlink both to their respective YouTube videos but entirely forgot.
That’s not infuriatingly pedantic enough for some idiots.
Thats just the difference between dying and being dead isn't it?
Means the difference between a process and a state.
I quite of have the same feeling..
It'd be something close to "self-nihilification" and "ego dissolution", except the thing you're describing is the feeling itself, to which I'd coin the words "egonihiliphily" (fondness/love towards the own nihilification) or "egonihilipathy" (pathos after one's own nihilification).
Latin and Greek words make interesting jigsaw pieces oftentimes. (Also, I wonder if there's a German sehrlangeszusammengesetzteswort too, as I often hear "there's always a German word for it")
Just found a word I didn’t know existed, sharting, shitting yourself while farting…
Losing the will to do something when someone tells you to do it
Bratty?
Not exactly since being a brat covers many actions of a kid that is deemed ill-mannered. This is like just loosing the will to do the task.
The unease of being watched while doing something (whether a job, a hobby, or a chore).
This. I work out in public a lot and sometimes it's a creepy feeling, when people are watching the person not the task.
Look, anybody can open a bag of chips. I could just clamp down and rip it to shreds without a second thought. I want to open the bag without exploding the contents. So I pull just a little. And I struggle to find the point that it gives without losing control. I want a word for the tiny struggle.
It's slow. It's controlled, methodical, purposeful, patient, delicate, but it is not weakness. I think that deserves a word.
At the risk of teaching you something you might already know:
Instead of pulling both sides independently, you should brace your hands against each other. Grab the sides of the bag with your fingers, and have the palms push against each other. That way, as soon as the bag opens, the pressure between your palms is released and you "automatically" stop pulling the bag open.
I need a digram...
Reeeeee
Wait no, that's the aftermath.
The feeling you get when realizing your life is too short to watch every single movie or show or listen to every single song.
Since OP didn't specify whether the word already existed or not, my answer is:
Defenestration
To the uninitiated: the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
Stockholm syndrome variant
Pride?