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April 14, 2024 4:41 AM

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name A review by Maria Popova on her blog The Marginalian.
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs (8 comments total)

The title, though beautiful, is misleading

So it’s a liff, then?
posted by zamboni at 4:46 AM on April 14 [2 favorites]

Clicking links in The Marginalian leads one down rabbit holes more delightful than most of what the internet has on offer.
posted by kozad at 5:42 AM on April 14 [8 favorites]

”sonder” has long been a favorite
posted by rubatan at 9:12 AM on April 14

I am REALLY feeling the craxis these days.
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:18 AM on April 14

> So it’s a liff, then?

I was going to say "a collection of sorrowful sniglets" but "liff" turns out to have priority.
posted by Aardvark Cheeselog at 11:55 AM on April 14 [1 favorite]

I do like sonder but I also wish I was unaware of the term sonderkommando.
posted by DeepSeaHaggis at 1:15 PM on April 14

Obligatory YouTube link.
posted by Eikonaut at 3:38 PM on April 14 [1 favorite]

I bought this book based solely on the name, and would have been satisfied were that its only virtue.

Luckily this is so very far from the case. Any time I see it, I will open it to a random page and skim for an obscure sorrow to carry for the day.
posted by seraphine at 3:41 PM on April 14