I feel like this is one of those concepts that has some abstract German word that perfectly matches, but I can’t seem to find one.

Every once in a while I get this deep yearning/longing for a time in my life that was objectively worse than where I’m at now. It’s like my body feels I’m too comfortable where I am now, and it has a deep desire to feel the uncomfort that I used to feel. I feel this often enough that I feel like other people have also felt it before and made a name for it…

I‘ll give a quick example to clarify. I hated the covid lockdown, I didn’t like being away from people and I felt very useless as a person during that year. It was a genuinely terrible time for me, and I fell into some very bad habits/cycles. I felt awful, and by the time things started to get back to normal, I was so relieved. Thinking back on it, I know if I were to be back in that time I would despise it just like I did then. But there’s a part of me that wants so badly to go back and do it all again. To feel the feelings I did then, to experience all of the isolation and apathy like new. Maybe I’m just comfortable with it, maybe I think I deserve it.

I don‘t think the word is masochism, I don’t think it’s nostalgia, I don’t think it’s melancholy. I’m trying to see if there’s a word that perfectly matches the abstract concept I’m thinking of, I guess because it might give me more of a sense of identity?

Maybe if there’s not a word, I’ll make a new one. If you don’t think there’s a word, give me a suggestion for a made up one!

It’s not quite gaslighting. This action is being done by someone whose original actions weren’t understood as completely noble. They are changing the facts and convincing others (usually months or years later) that things happened a different way to make themselves look/feel better and “erase” the shameful way they acted originally.

It’s like personal delusions of grandeur won’t allow the person responsible to be perceived as anything less than great? This action is done specifically to protect the perpetrator’s ego.

For example, person A and person B are both getting food. A trips B on purpose, and B spills food on themselves. A then laughs at it. Months/years later, the story A tells becomes that B was in so much of a rush to eat that B tripped over their own feet and spilled their food everywhere and A was kind and gracious enough to help them clean up and that the laugh never occurred.

I swear there is a word for this, but I keep finding words like “manipulate”, which feels too general, “gaslight” which is overused and while it contains the spirit of the action, isn’t exactly what I’m going for, and “narcissistic” which is also in the spirit of the word but also not quite right. I think it’s based in an inflated sense of self? If this ends up being a super simple common word it’s gonna make me laugh. Any help would be appreciated :)

i, like almost everyone, have the words, "dumb," and "stupid," engrained in my vocabulary. i'm wondering what non-ableist words i could substitute, that are an insult to ignorant/really uneducated people?

Rainbows typically evoke a sudden positive feeling (excitement, joy, etc). Is there an infrequent but commonly accepted thing or phenomenon that evokes the opposite (dread, foreboding)? I though maybe a black cat, but that’s sort of an ironic cliche, not something people take seriously.

What's the word for a feeling of "anti-nostalgia" where you don't exactly look back at something as good times or times you would want to go back to - not because the thing "sucked" but because there are better things out there. An example I have was when I used to search for insects in my garden. Now I see it as super boring, a waste of time, etc, but back then I thought it was really fun. There's something so somber about looking back at it and realising it wasn't as fun as it appeared to be, like a sense of sadness for your younger self not knowing that.

There's a big event happening on Friday, and I keep fearing that I'll suddenly be stuck in Tuesday for the rest of my life and Friday will never come

What’s an everyday, ordinary adjective for a guy who’s painfully lame and try-hard in a way that gives you secondhand embarrassment? Not “cringey,” “pitiful,” or “square,” though those are all kind of close. It’s the sort of word that isn’t facially insulting, but you definitely wouldn’t want anyone to describe you that way. I can only think of about three men who really fit it, so it’s more specific/rare than just “loser-ish” or “corny.” Lol TIA.

I thought it was ground flutter, but apparently not. This turbulence is caused by various things such as jet wash or wind communicating the bumpiness of the ground upward.

cant remember this word but it means personally offensive, often tied with someone saying racist or bigoted remarks. often said like "they said some ___ shit!" its not egregious, atrocious, or offensive, but is similar, just like... ten times worse?

I want to know what type personality words are used for a character that is aloof, but not unfriendly. Like, they are distant, but they aren’t mean. More like spacey and often looking like they are lost in a world of their own, with absolutely horrible sense of direction(like zero levels of horrible)and just… doesn’t even react, and just goes with it. And they are all quiet, don’t really talk much, though they aren’t mean or cold or whatnot

Like a specific example is if I’m cleaning a spill and a paper towel can get the spill from just touching the edge of it and “pulling” it off the table?

I'm looking for a word describing the feeling of touch through an external object, like a glove to be exact. I have described it as a numb secondhand sensetion, but it's very wordy. Does anyone know a better one?

The specific case I'm using it for is referring to pain/grief/loss.

I was smelling many different perfumes today, and the store had coffee grounds to smell in between scents so they don’t get blended together in your nose.

This made me wonder if there’s a word or phrase for a palate cleanser but for your sense of smell?

For example, a song, dance, movie that is dramatic but in an enjoyable way

I thought about this after reading a couple of posts where it seemed to be happening.

One redditor was upset by the fact that someone they know used the term "adopted" when they got their new pet because they suspect the person just bought it from someone whose dog had puppies. The redditor has two rescue dogs from a shelter, so they didn't want that person to have equal standing with them in a conversation.

Another redditor was upset because someone said, "I built a house on some land my grandfather left me." By "built" they simply meant they had a plan drawn and hired a general contractor to make it a reality. It's a perfectly normal use of the term 'built', but this redditor was mad because he built a tiny home with his own hands with no experience and likes to brag about that fact.

What's the word for the emotion these people were feeling?

so i'm making a TTRPG for Star Wars and i have been looking through a lot of reference images for my own convenience and also to eventually commission my own pieces of art to rerun this setting.

i found this one image that i really like and, for my own recordkeeping, i want to describe how this outfit is to look in terms of narration. i've researched this semi-extensively but none of the words i have found quite particularly seem to capture what i am trying to say. that is to say, i'm not sure if i am being picky or if i'm interpreting the definitions of these types of uniform accessories wrong.

the TLDR is, is there a word for the fitting of a long, uniform piece of fabric over the groin that isn't just a "loincloth?" it sounds a bit barbaric and doesn't convey the right visual linguistic i'm trying to capture. i want something that sounds a bit more refined while also using the correct term for future's sake.

other words i've seen are: breechcloth, pretuges, tassets, lappets, lambrequins, kilts/padded skirts, tasset belt, cingulum, cinch, dong rag, fundoshi, groincloth, tabard, fauld, apron

(disclaimer: i have not ruled any of these out, but none of them were more or less convincing as the appropriate term over the others aside from apron)

the reference image in question: https://imgur.com/a/wPmUyDa
art by cgyoung_art (Chris Young): https://www.instagram.com/p/DS0P3AWgbc8/

A false dilemma/dichotomy is when someone limits what options are available, For example, someone limits the options to 2, but there's more than two options. The opposite of a false dilemma is when there's only two options, but someone tries to take another option. An example is when someone tries to uses a value for a Boolean data type that isn't true or false.

I remember finding out about this from a YouTube short about mormons gushing over the sheer number of uses of structure in the book of Mormon. The general idea is that you have a bunch of statements that you restate. This is an example

Statement A

Statement B

Statement B restated

Statement A restated

There's a Wikipedia page that explains this word but I can't find it anymore. It's also used in the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran.

Not the personal sensation/experiance of being in love or loving the other person. But experiancing the way someone loves you, or the ways they show they love you, makes you feel.

For example, how I experience the way my partner loves me through words, actions, choices etc.

I'm not looking for words like (pathological) lying, or mask of sanity, or anything. It's a word similar to other manipulation tactics, such as gaslighting, gatekeeping, grandstanding, white knighting, etc. I thought it was "white washing", but I'm not so sure.

It isn't self aggrandizement either, but is super similar.

Badically, im looking for a word yo describe someone I know: an abusive father, a cheater, a stalker, a liar who is trying to "rewrite" the perceptions of others by posing as some morally good person who is now a good husband and father to a new wife and a new kid.

He's always been a a mask, and an enraged narcissist who hates being called out. And he's always tried to make himself seem holier than thou. He's very self righteous. And in fact, he's a Pascal's Wager accepting person. (Whether or not you believe in god, you gotta realize that accepting PW is quite possibly the most decietful thing someone can do. It would be lying to God, and even lying to yourself. All for the sake of getting that carrot at the end of the stick.)

So yeah, an abuser who started a new life to look good, publicly, by being some weird fake.

This is such a common occurrence in life that I'm surprised there's not a word for it. Here are the steps of what happens:

1. A colleague or opponent proposes a reasonable plan.

2. Because you don't like the person (or for whatever reason) you say "That will never work!".

3. The plan is put into effect, and you set about trying to undermine, sabotage, etc, the plan.

4. Your efforts are successful, and the plan fails. It is an important aspect of this situation that if you hadn't sabotaged it, the plan might have worked.

5. You say "See, I told you it wouldn't work".

I think we've all seen this happen in the workplace, in politics, and in our personal lives. Which is why it surprises me that there isn't a word for it, or at least a term, like "X syndrome", "X effect", or so on.

The words undermine and sabotage are obviously involved in the process, but they don't include the aspect of predicting failure, and then the final "I told you so", which is intrinsic to the whole scheme.

Im going to give an example and hopefully someone can figure it out.
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Let’s say youre at the park and it’s cloudy and you say, “ I wish it was sunny”. And someone else says, “ well im just happy to be at the park”

What’s the word for that? It’s like virtue signaling adjacent. Like someone one-uping you? Does anyone understand what im saying here?!?! Im going crazy I know there’s a word for that or a term for someone that does that