words

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Words to keep inside your pocket:

Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.

Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful. 

Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound. 

Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling. 

Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like. 

Aubade - a song greeting the dawn. 

Ephemeral - lasting a very short time. 

Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal. 

Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in sound. 

Billet-doux - a love letter. 

Redamancy - act of loving in return.

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from Wordsmith’s A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg

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So there’s a Japanese slang term, ‘chuunibyou’, that roughly translates to “Middle School 2nd Year Syndrome.” It is used to describe the stupid phases people go through when they are 14, like pretend to be really hardcore, act like they know everything, say they have mystical powers, etc.

I’m so happy this term exists.

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#in english we call it ‘what are you like 12’ and i think that’s beautiful

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This blog is freaking awesome

thank you!

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nadir

noun  [ney-der, ney-deer]

point of greatest adversity or despair

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Yugen

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shambolic

adjective (sham-BOL-ik)

Chaotic, disorganized, or confused.

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doldrums

noun \ˈdōl-drəmz, ˈdäl-, ˈdȯl-\

a spell of listlessness or despondency;

a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or slump

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phantasmagoria

noun [fan-taz-muh-gawr-ee-uh]

1. a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.

2. a changing scene made up of many elements.

3. an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.

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consummate

verb (used with object)

1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.  

2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by apledge or the signing of a contract: The companyconsummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.

3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first maritalsexual intercourse.

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eros [eer-os, er-os] noun "the unreasoning desire that overpowers a person's considered impulse to do right and is driven to take pleasure in beauty, its forced reinforced by the kindred desires for beauty in human bodies"

from Plato's Phaedrus 

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mellifluous

[muh-lif-loo-uh s] adj.

sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding

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escapism

[ih-skey-piz-uh m] noun

a mental desire to retreat from unpleasant realities through fantasy

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labyrinthine

[lab-uh-rin-thin, -theen] adj.

twisting and turning; complicated; tortuous

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inglenook

[ing-guh l-noo k] noun

a cozy nook by the hearth; a corner near the fireplace

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gambol

[gam-buh l] verb

To skip or leap about joyfully.

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crapehanger or crepehanger

(KRAYP-hang-guhr) noun

A gloomy person; a pessimist.