The English word ghost continues Old English gāst, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz. It is common to West Germanic, but lacking in North Germanic and East Germanic (the equivalent word in Gothic is ahma, Old Norse has andi m., önd f.).
The Oxford Dictionary defines ghost word as “a word recorded in a dictionary or other reference work which is not actually used.” Merriam-Webster says a ghost word is “a word form never in established usage.” The term was coined by Professor Walter William Skeat in 1886, well before dord came into existence
Shortest research I've done. Mostly for fun, but also due to the problems Roblox has with moderation.
I couldn't find much data on daily users on TT as they do not disclose it often, but that is the biggest number I could find on a somewhat trustworthy source
This is what we're dealing with here. And not all these mods are online at all times, of course! The lack of moderators, especially compared to another major place where people go to do shit, is a major problem on the platform that should be fixed by EMPLOYING MORE MODERATORS, not by implementing outsourced AI moderation.
Also fuck me for forgetting to write down my sources. Stupid. Stupid dum dum.
One of them is the NOS Jeugdjournaal of 19-08-2025 or 20-08-2025 due to the Roblox moderation situation coming up, though. That's what prompted me to do this short research.
I recently looked into a new term for me: NRE meaning New Relationship Energy. So yes, that’s the official term referring to the honeymoon phase of a newly found relationship – but what I want to talk about is that can NRE exist in friend relationships?
I think the answer is yes, there are a few resources about this over internet but they didn’t really do anything to define it for non-romantic relationships, so here is my attempt along with a word about my experience...
NRE perceptions
So, here is how NRE is defined in Wikipedia:
New relationship energy (or NRE) refers to a state of mind experienced at the beginning of sexual and romantic relationships, typically involving heightened emotional and sexual feelings and excitement.
However I think most people can relate to being excited when you feel like your interest click with someone. Here are some examples from a blog I found:
Have you ever met a new person and quickly realized that you wanted badly to be friends with them?
We can really see this a lot of platonic friendships where people will get really interested in their friends for bursts of time – they'll go everywhere together and hang out together. We see this a lot in high school relationships where two people will become close friends really quickly and just connect on every level and then two weeks later things have just kind of cooled off.
Another verdict from this website:
I think it’s worth reflecting on the NRE we can experience when connecting with all kinds of love (friendships and collaborations, and relationships with companion animals, great new authors, and new projects are some of the ones that jump out at me as having similar features).
Like all interests it’s important to note that NRE can go in waves, so the energy doesn’t always hit you right at the start of an acquaintance.
About me
As a highly sensitive person I feel like NRE definitely exists in friendships too, I really get attached to new friends but sadly a lot of them have dropped off. Of course this is related to other things for example situational relationship at school or work group, but I definitely feel like I can speak for some kind of a spark in friendships.
Conclusion
This was a very short check to the topic, but I feel like it’s good that the information is in the same place. Especially as I got frustrated trying to talk about this without proper material.
I'm unsure if NRE for friendships would need a different name, but I hope more research and articles from people specialized in the matter will pop up.
Also the question if NRE can be applied to non-human relationships like starting a new project is still in the air. What do you think? You can post me a question or just make your own remarks of the topic.
