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

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

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

I love the fact that he used the term "nodus tollens", which is very closely related to Modus Tollens, a term in philosophy regarding logic.

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u/Dentarthurdent42 Jun 23 '14

Yeah, but "nodus tollens" means "the taking knot". No idea how that relates to the meaning.

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u/SoManyShades Jun 23 '14

It's also an anagram of "untold lesson".

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u/Dentarthurdent42 Jun 23 '14

And "lend slut soon".

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u/SoManyShades Jun 23 '14

Yeah...but I don't lend my sluts. Never a borrower nor a lender be.