Even a nonsense word like #skibidi can reflect the way we express ourselves. My piece on #language, #dictionaries, and how #words capture the strangeness of being human, in which I also mention #TheDictionaryofObscureSorrows by #JohnKoenig. Read!
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New words in Cambridge Dictionary: How the Internet is changing English language
Cambridge’s latest addition of over 6,000 words shows how dictionaries have changed from gatekeepers into curators of our digital lives; Archives of our zeitgeist, they record the strangeness of being...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Even a nonsense word like #skibidi can reflect the way we express ourselves. My piece on #language, #dictionaries, and how #words capture the strangeness of being human, in which I also mention #TheDictionaryofObscureSorrows by #JohnKoenig. Read!
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Sunday’s Word-of-the-Day is ‘Midding’: Feeling tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it. Such as hovering on perimeter of a campfire, or chatting outside a party while others dance inside #TheDictionaryofObscureSorrows www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/word/midding...
Midding – The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
the tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it— hovering on the perimeter of a campfire, talking quietly outside a party, resting your eyes in the back seat of a car listening to ...
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January 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Sunday’s Word-of-the-Day is ‘Midding’: Feeling tranquil pleasure of being near a gathering but not quite in it. Such as hovering on perimeter of a campfire, or chatting outside a party while others dance inside #TheDictionaryofObscureSorrows www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/word/midding...
Who would have known that there was a word that describes the fear that originality is no longer possible? How many of your photographs could easily be replaced by a thousand identical others? The word you are looking for is "vemödalen".
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August 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Who would have known that there was a word that describes the fear that originality is no longer possible? How many of your photographs could easily be replaced by a thousand identical others? The word you are looking for is "vemödalen".
#photography #philosopy #thedictionaryofobscuresorrows
#photography #philosopy #thedictionaryofobscuresorrows