Dès Vu
The awareness that this moment will become a memory. Derived from French dès vu, “seen as soon as”…
Pluviophile
People that love rain are called pluviophiles. The word pluviophile comes from the Latin word “pluvial,” which means…
Nefelibata
“cloud walker”; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination, or one who does not obey…
Lutalica
When you were born they put you in a little box and slapped a label on it. But…
Meliorism
The belief that the world gets better, the belief that humans can improve the world. In other words,…
Bohemian
A person who is interested in art, music or literature, and lives in a very informal way, ignoring…
Ameneurosis
The half-forlorn, half-escapist ache of a train whistle calling in the distance at night. Coined in 2012 by…
Lapyear
The age at which you become older than your parents were when you were born, which signals that…
Rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a…
Yù Yī
The desire to see with fresh eyes, and feel things just as intensely as you did when you…
Rollover Reaction
When your dream about someone you know skews how you feel about them all the next day, an…
Morii
With every click of the shutter, you’re trying to press pause on your life. If only so you…
Nementia
The post-distraction effort to recall the reason why you’re feeling particularly anxious or angry or excited, in which…
Lalalalia
The realization while talking to yourself that someone else is within earshot, which leads you to crossfade into…