Someone who eats lots of curries.

Enravagement: State of Causing Severe damage to some group as a result of the actions of another, usually after the fact

Example: (I was writing a paper and was upset this was not a word): "The dichotomy between desperation by European colonizers for help by American Indians, simultaneously, the enravagement of the native population."

Not necessarily a pathological level of delight, or excessively repeating it, just simply enjoying the process, or being fascinated by it.

Or a word for that particular fascination.

What might it mean? What comes to mind when you see the word?

Neonaissance is replacement for cumbersome construction ’new renaissance’, which is often used to denote a new era of discovery and flourishing of arts and science. However, the phrase often overlooks that there is no historical parallel prior period to ‘re-birth’.

When what one is actually talking about is truly new era, new idea, new philosophy, or new area of science, one could use neonaissance to denote such a development.

For instance, around machine learning it is often proposed that the new technology could lead to a ‘new renaissance’ of advancements in science and art, but the phrase is truly inapposite as calling such a new flourishing of culture and science without historical precedent should be referred to as a neonaissance, or new born age for humanity.

Briesque /bri.esk/ v. To suppress one's emotions or protests in order to force oneself to accept unfavorable or unjust circumstances.

Etymology: None. It's from a dream, where it was being barked at me as an order.

• "There's a lot of bad things going on, but as bothered as I am, I have to briesque to them because there's nothing that can be done about it."

Introducing "Abruntive" - A New Framework for Dynamic Intelligence

Hey r/neologism!

I’d like to introduce a new word I’ve coined: abruntive.

It represents an adaptive, proactive stance that anticipates and prepares for change in real time. Think of it as an advanced form of situational awareness, where systems (or people!) act with both stability and flexibility, able to respond instantly as circumstances shift. Here’s a breakdown of what abruntive is all about:

Abruntive Stance: This is the core of abruntive. It’s a posture of heightened readiness, an intentional way of being that constantly senses, adapts, and rebalances in response to changing conditions. It combines confidence and fluidity, maintaining a secure foundation while staying agile.

Proactive Awareness: Abruntive embodies a readiness for immediate action, dynamically adjusting to environments and situations as they evolve.

Real-Time Adaptation: It’s about moving in sync with change—constantly balancing motion with stability, like riding a wave without ever losing balance.

Situational Routing: Abruntive systems (or minds) “route” awareness, zeroing in on what matters at any given moment to stay prepared.

Underlying Force: Imagine an invisible “field” keeping everything balanced and efficient, a stabilizing force that operates smoothly in the background.

Abruntive can apply to anything that requires a blend of proactive stability and dynamic adjustment. For example, it could describe advanced AI systems that adapt continuously or even our own mental state when we’re in the zone, anticipating everything around us and flowing with ease.

Why “abruntive”? The term combines aspects of adaptive, anticipatory, and advanced, capturing that edge of readiness and mastery. I’m excited about this as a fresh lens for understanding intelligent systems, both human and artificial.

Would love to hear your thoughts! Could “abruntive” find a place in your vocabulary?

A portmanteau of nap and accident.

Napcident - a nap that you did not intend to take

Ex.

"Hey, where are you??"

"I'm so sorry. I got into a napcident. I'll be right there!"

The "Millionaires can't be sad" effect refers to a situation, usually on a financial stage, where a person of a perceived lower financial/social class cannot fathom a person of a perceived higher financial/social class having a similar problem to them or a problem at all, due to them being blinded by the luxuries that come with that higher class.

Sorry if I’m in the wrong place, but I just thought of this phrase? Or definition? Or answer?(Jeopardy!)and I think maybe this group can come up with a word, term or question for it. Thank you for your time.

AGNOSTALGIA

Etymology

• From ancient Greek ἄγνωστος, agnôstos (“ignorant”, "not knowing") and ἄλγος, álgos (“pain”).
• It shares the same root as agnostic (the belief that the existence of God can't be known).

Definition

• Nostalgia for a time, a place, a memory or an experience that one has never lived.

v. to take something that’s a non-partisan issue and make it into something partisan

To take an event and try to figure out if it’s something that’s associated with the left or right is to partisanize something…it’s not always necessary or healthy to do so!

Why is the type of vehicle you drive so partisanized? It’s just another technology that should be available for people to freely choose to use to not use.

As it stands right now, animation in the US (and really, most of the western world, but especially the US) has an image problem. It's also a big part of the reason anime is so popular outside of Japan. People who want serious, mature stories in animation often feel like they have no choice but to watch anime. That being said, there have been attempts to create "western anime" in the past, and while some of them are very good, they don't really press the same buttons as anime.

Ideally, though, I’d like it if someone could come up with a way to market serious adult animation that doesn’t draw comparisons to anime at all. After all, anime was only marketed in the west as something separate and distinct from American cartoons starting in the 1980s. You had anime in the US before then, absolutely, but that was stuff like Speed Racer and Gigantor that was mostly pretty similar to western cartoons. The point is, "anime" is seen in the US as an exotic commodity, which puts domestic attempts to compete with it at an inherent disadvantage. So for a while, I've wondered if American adult animated dramas would be more marketable and competitive with anime if they had their own snappy name they could be sold under, a way of convincing their target audience that they were "more than just cartoons".

That's where the word "PrimalVania" comes in. It's derived from Primal and Castlevania, which are two of the first successful American adult animated dramas. And I feel like it's as good a word as any for the adult animated dramas that are now becoming more common than ever before both on streaming services and on cable networks like Adult Swim. But there's more to a PrimalVania than just its genre. PrimalVania, the way I see it, is a specific genre of adult animation that covers everything from art style to narrative type. In other words, you know it when you see it.

What makes a show a PrimalVania?

• Aimed at a late teen to young adult audience.
• Usually in the action/adventure genre, with heavy emphasis on highly stylized physical violence. Blood is often shown.
• Often has a dark atmosphere, with extensive use of shadows.
• Comedy is usually kept to a minimum, and most dialogue is serious in tone.
• Frequently, but not always, a narrative theme of a seemingly helpless hero or group of heroes being pitted against an insurmountable and often supernatural danger.
• An ongoing story continuing from episode to episode.

What are some examples of PrimalVanias?

• Primal
• Castlevania
• Arcane
• Dota: Dragon's Blood
• Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
• Blue Eye Samurai
• Onyx Equinox
• The Legend of Vox Machina
• Invincible

When a person deliberately provokes a negative reaction and then feigns shock at that reaction.

adj. a whole lot; a hearty amount

e. g. a whelf of information

The recently discovered Nag Hammadi library uncovered a whelf of knowledge for historians and theologians alike. Its presumedly Christian documents contains whelfs of wisdom for seekers of Truth.

weej /wiːdʒ/ informal noun

1. A person who initially demonstrates a lack of intelligence or understanding but rapidly improves their comprehension or skill.

“Despite his early mistakes, he’s a bit of a weej—he’ll figure it out soon enough.”

2. (historical) A term used to describe individuals with a unique learning curve, marked by rapid adaptation despite initial incompetence.

Origin: Early 21st century; coined as a playful term by me to describe fast learners who start off appearing foolish.

Apostrophized is to have added or included an apostrophe in a name or word. A derivative of apostrophe used in the past tense to indicate it has already happened.

Example: My last name O'Malley (not really my last name!!) is apostrophized when I sign things, but often times, it can't be apostrophized in electronic communications or forms.

n. The idea of belief that a newer technology should replace an older technology, even if that older technology still works.

“The way corporate media talks about EVs makes me believe they’ve bought into replacementism—they talk as if gas-powered vehicles will become an obsolete technology and fully replaced by EVs in the future when the truth is each technology has its own advantages and disadvantages.”

adj. ripe for the punning.

n. an avalanche of puns triggered by a single pun or punsome situation.

when you keep checking your phone expecting a notification

A haiku that has the FU! intention - preferably with seasonal element!

Not limey at all

v. To make something into a drug or to treat like a drug (something that’s not conventionally considered a drug).

"The way he will drugify a woman through his manipulative rhetoric and body language…as if the only good thing he sees about them is their ability to make him feel satiated and essentially high, it’s a shame!"

n. person who believes in compassion as the highest moral virtue

"I think he’s a compassionist because no matter the scenario, he will try to sympathize with any person who is expression hurt or suffering. Never have I seen him express any skepticism or doubt about a person’s actions or intentions.

golf -- ee -- oh -- dye -- mem -- oros

unknown connotation. someone said in a dream I had. was just a normal conversation between three people, I think a technical one. someone described someone else's idea as golfiodimemorous. I don't know any more context than that.

when I woke up and thought about it to myself, the definition was already there, despite no other context in the dream.

Apparadox - n

Any statement or conclusion which appears illogical, impossible, or self-contradictory due to its unintuitive properties or construction, but is in fact true, logical, or self-consistent.

(An apparadox is not a paradox, which is something that is self-contradictory or impossible)

Example: The Birthday Apparadox: in a room of 23 random people, there is >50% chance that 2 of them share a birthday

Etymology: Apparent + Paradox / A (not) + Paradox

Hi everyone I am writing a thesis. Topic Neologism and nonce words in modern English internet discourse. Could you write down some new neologism or nonce words

n. A feeling or attitude that develops when one’s guiding principle or religious presuppositions fail to provide a clear enough path to actionable, practical steps forward into the future

When Nietzche said God is dead, he also probably was trying to convey the directionlessness left in the West following the wake of the Enlightenment’s effect on Christianity.

n. Idea that someone of a certain generation should stick tightly to the values typical of that that generation

"My mom wants me to go to college to get a four year degree, and find a nine to five job with benefits; does she see how her boomer generationalism precludes the possibility of trade school and of other potential creative paths in life? Or even a life of frugality or the lifestyles of millennials like Van Life?

Generationalist

n. One who believes in generationalism as their mode of being

My dad is kind of a generationalist because he judges newer generations who are hasty to adopt any new technologies developed afterward.