Word of the Day!

[Captain.Heroin]

Pleonasm

1.the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea;redundancy.

2.an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.

3.a redundant word or expression.

Great word!!

 

[Junkiegirl23]

^ agreed

lumpenproletariat
/ˈləmpənˌprōləˈte(ə)rēət,ˈlo͝om-/

n.
the unorganized and unpolitical lower orders of society who are not interested in revolutionary advancement.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

opprobrium

/əˈprōbrēəm/

noun

1. harsh criticism or censure.
2. the public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct.
3. (archaic) an occasion or cause of reproach or disgrace.

 

[Erikmen]

^ Interesting.

sesquipedalian (borrowed from the chain of words..)

using a lot of long words that most people do not understand

 

[Junkiegirl23]

^ lol love it

kenspeckle
/ˈkenˌspek(ə)l/

adj.
easily recognizable; conspicuous.

 

[Erikmen]

Saudade

Saudade is used to explain the feeling of missing something or someone.
It is used to tell about something that you used to have (and liked) but don't have anymore.

But literally, it goes deeper. It's a beautiful word of Portuguese origin, evokes a sense of loneliness and incompleteness.

In a whole bunch of clumsy English words, Saudade means “the love that remains” after someone is gone. It’s the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It describes a deep nostalgic longing. It brings sad and happy feelings all at once;

Sadness from missing something loved.
Happiness for having experienced the love.

 

[maggells]

^That's beautiful! Is it pronounced just like it's spelled?

 

[Erikmen]

^ I don't it's pronounced like we'd read. But It is indeed a very important word. And it represents so many good things as well. So much that I found relief to be able to express feelings that I thought there were no words for.
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Hiraeth

(n) a homesickness for a home you can't return to or that never was.

 

[Papaverium]

[h=2]zy·gote[/h] (zī′gōt′)n.1. The cell formed by the union of two gametes, especially a fertilized ovum before cleavage.
2. The organism that develops from a zygote.

 

[Junkiegirl23]

farrago

fă-rā-gō
n.
hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble

 

[Erikmen]

INEFFABLE

(Adj.) Too great to be expressed in words.

 

[Junkiegirl23]

^ one of my favorites

 

[Captain.Heroin]

minutiae
/məˈn(y)o͞oSHēˌē,məˈn(y)o͞oSHēˌī/

noun

the small, precise, or trivial details of something.

for the record; I use the latter pronunciation

 

[Erikmen]

HYPOPHRENIA

A feeling of sadness seemingly without a cause.

 

[Erikmen]

LEAN ON

1. Also: lean upon to depend on for advice, support, etc
2. informal to exert pressure on (someone), as by threats or intimidation

 

[Erikmen]

Full Definition of patronize (Merriam-Webster)

• transitive verb
• 1: to act as patron of : provide aid or support for
• 2: to adopt an air of condescension toward : treat haughtily or coolly
• 3: to be a frequent or regular customer or client of

 

[Sprout]

Synaptosome.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Synaptosome.

definition?

 

[Erikmen]

Synaptosome.

synaptosome

(sĭ-năp′tə-sōm′) n.

Any of various sacs, composed of synaptic vesicles and mitochondria, that break away from axon terminals at asynapse after brain tissue has been homogenized under controlled conditions.

 

[Erikmen]

Sonder
n.
the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.