Nodus tollens: the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore-that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre-which requires you to go back and reread the chapters you had originally skimmed to get to the good parts, only to learn that all along you were supposed to choose your own adventure.
K udoclasm: sometimes it feels like your life is flashing before your eyes, but it’s actually the opposite: you’re thinking forward, to all the things you haven’t done, the places you intend to visit, the goals you’ll get around to… I love the idea behind this web site, and spent some time checking out a few of the other “invented” words, and thought I’d share a few. They were not necessarily intended to be used in conversation, but to exist for their own sake to give a semblance of order to a dark continent, so you can settle it yourself on your own terms, without feeling too lost-safe in the knowledge that we’re all lost. Sonder is one of many words that can be found at The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig.Īccording to its web site, each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language-to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t yet have a word for. It’s a great word the problem is, it’s not quite a real word.
And just as importantly, sonder reminds us that we’re all in this together. Sonder reminds us that each of us has a story, a story worth sharing.
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