You know those stars and colours that you see when you rub your eyes? They're called •phosphenes•
Didn't know this, did you? Read on to discover more interesting, beautiful words which describe those feelings and things you didn't have names for...
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VOORPRET is Dutch.
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CHRYSALISM is the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.
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I hate this word EFFERVESCENCE because it reminds me of chemistry.
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If you've ever found yourself thinking, "What have I been doing with my life?" or stressing about that list of goals you still haven't accomplished, then you've probably experienced TORSCHLUSSPANIK. The word describes the fear, usually as one gets older, that time is running out and important opportunities are slipping away.
Torschlusspanik is a combination of three German words, and literally translated means "gate-shut-panic." Apparently the term dates back to the Middle Ages in reference to the panic medieval peasants might have experienced as they rushed to make it back inside the city gates before they closed at nightfall. Being left outside the protective walls would have meant being exposed to the cold, wild animals and perhaps robbers.
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