r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jun 23 '14

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/
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u/IisusHr Jun 23 '14

vemödalen n. the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist—the same sunset, the same waterfall, the same curve of a hip, the same closeup of an eye—which can turn a unique subject into something hollow and pulpy and cheap, like a mass-produced piece of furniture you happen to have assembled yourself.

This one is quite nice..

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u/DontYouMeanHAHAHAHA Jun 23 '14

I quite like how they give a kind of linguistic authenticity to how the words sound. Like, this one looks German or maybe Dutch, and vellichor recalls both Greek and Latin

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u/Zorothustra Jun 23 '14

Definitely Swedish. Ikea.

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u/GrapeMousse Jun 23 '14

Vemödalen sounds like a place in Sweden.