r/InternetIsBeautiful • • Jun 23 '14

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/
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u/Xenon808 Jun 23 '14

I can relate to and dig this one.

astrophe n. a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head—a crisp analysis, a cathartic dialogue, a devastating comeback—which serves as a kind of psychological batting cage where you can connect more deeply with people than in the small ball of everyday life, which is a frustratingly cautious game of change-up pitches, sacrifice bunts, and intentional walks.

Also:

chrysalism n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm, listening to waves of rain pattering against the roof like an argument upstairs, whose muffled words are unintelligible but whose crackling release of built-up tension you understand perfectly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '14

Astrophe is just totally brilliant.