Everyone experiences this, but I can't find a word for it. We have "altruism" which is doing something purely for others. We have "sadism" which is deriving pleasure from causing pain. We now have "compersion" which is deriving pleasure from seeing someone happy. But why is there no term for someone who gets pleasure from giving it?

"Compersion" seems to be the flip side of "schadenfreude" which is deriving pleasure from someone else's misfortune. But I can't find a flip side to "sadism". The best I could come up with was "reciprocitism" but that's not very sexy.

Fitting, I’d say.

What's the word to describe a TV show when it's similar but slightly different? It's not deja vu.

I do this thing where if someone ask me information about something I make up an answer that I think is true and sounds true but its only based on my very limited knowledge and is most of the time not true
I was just wondering if there is a word for this

My grandmother used to say she was going to 'Spend a penny' because you used to have to put a penny in the lock of a public toilet. She'd also call the radio a 'Wireless' (back in use again now). Are there any other words that might be disappearing as the objects and tech around us change?

Hey guys im starting a niche luxury brands and im confused about the name can you all please suggest

Something along the lines of “aversion therapy”, is there a word for getting benefit from facing exactly what challenges you? I am using it an emotional context as I have a friend that is avoidant and I can tend to be anxious.

I need words that have a similar vibe to this group:

clockwise, time flies, making time, memory lane, clock watching, mastermind, footsteps

I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I use words with the rhythm, technical use of syllogisms, the perspicacity of my mission, my flow is murderous and you envision my vision. Like I’m painting a picture, with careful use of literature. The lexicographer, I’ll turn a word to my own meaning, best believe it. You’ve witnessed it. Among all your demons. My friend, I’m the illest one, I’ll tear you apart, you’re whole musculoskeletal until all that’s left is face and lungs. Just so can you witness me eating your heart. To me it’s just art, beautiful misery, it’s chemistry, artistry between me and this whole scene, I write their arbitrary, I am the one, the unseen, in the shadows, pen to paper, creating history. I watch them rise and fall, and believe they’re all, talented, not at all. It’s just part of my call. So enjoy your bitches, your guns and the diamonds. I’ll soon come to end you with illicit violence. Shhhh…. Stay silent. You sold your soul to me. You’ve had your run, and now I’ve come to claim my victory. You can’t run, you can’t hide, you have to sit in freight. All those you turned your back on, to believe that you’re the guy. You’re not the one you are none and now you’ll be lesser. I build you up just so your tears taste so much better. I hope you’ve learned your lesson, don’t fuck the devil.

I think we have all seen examples of this situation: Someone complains in an internet discussion forum about a problem with some sort of device or equipment or software, hoping to get useful suggestions for how to resolve the problem. Invariably, someone will reply that they have used the same product without any problems--the usually unspoken implication being that there must be something wrong with the person who is complaining rather than with the product that they are complaining about.

Is there a word in English (or in German, or any other languages) for when someone does this? Or for a person who does this?

Ok friends. You overhear someone saying it's all downhill from here and don't have much context. They are a new friend and you gotta make a good impression. It's your moment, do you smile or give an empathetic nod? (Or what else)

When I hear downhill from here I typically think of coasting and things getting better, but I know it also means things may start unraveling (I'm an optimist)

"I would tell you about it, but that's a whole nother story."

In this sentence the word "another" is split into two words with the word "whole" between them. Is there a word for when this happens? Is this just wrong grammar? It's similar to an infix, but I don't think it is here because another is split into two words.

I run into this often in my life. “People think this…” “people are saying this…”. But it quickly becomes clear that “people” might be one or two people with no credibility.

I want the word/term to be more specific than generalization or stereotyping, I want it to emphasize the naïveté, the lack of critical thinking involved.

Would you kindly weigh in?

It’s like a collection of the dump people alive. Good luck and Godspeed dickheads.

If someone has a 'kink' or 'fetish' for something they are sexually attracted to that feature/behaviour/article of clothing/lamppost. What is the word for someone who is turned off by that feature/behaviour/article of clothing/lamppost? Best I have (colloquially) is 'ick'.

I have a kink for (insert random word here).

I have an ick for (insert random word here).

Does that work for most of you and do you have a word you prefer?

Troika: traditional driving method using three horses abreast; a group of three people working together, especially in a management or bureaucratic capacity [from Gulag by Anne Applebaum]

Repletion: hunger [ibid]

Collegium: an administrative or advisory board in Russia [ibid]

Probity: integrity [from Making Money by Terry Pratchett]

Deburr: neaten or smoothen the edges of something [from this tweet https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1853321731584163884?s=46]

Deflash: the process of removing residual material from an object left over from the production process [ibid]

Buckler: a small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm [from Psalm 35]

Redux: brought back; revived [from the Bible in a Year podcast]

What is the word for feeling small and/or insignificant in the big picture of the universe?

(I need the word to vent to my therapist cause I am overthinking)

In Turkish, we use the word "meşgul" as an equivalent to "busy" in English (ex: "Şu anda konuşamam, meşgulüm." "Can't talk right now, I'm busy.") But the word has richer connotations. It derives from the Arabic verb "شغل" (shagala) which is "to invade, to occupy", and "مشغول" (mashgul) is the passive form, so the primary meaning of the word is "invaded, occupied".

I like to think how, at times, things in life "occupy my head" and leave me feeling like my mind is "invaded", though I try not to use this word as frequently as I use "busy" in English, basically because I don't feel like my "business" isn't passive all the time, I rather choose to occupy other things sometimes, I take up space while I'm living, I talk and stuff the air with sound, I write and fill the page with ink, I like to think I'm the one who has control over my life, especially my mind. So, though I do, like we all do, have times when I'm almost being invaded (meşgul) by the exterior, I am, in fact, the invader (işgalci) of time and space with my existence on the most basic level.

I just wanted to note this down as I found it beautiful.

UK chips are crisps (no confusion

UK fries are chips (confusion)

To fix this confusion, just rename UK fries to something like "Potato fingers"

I want to find a word that is the name for a role performed by someone who follows around another person (usually a heroic warrior, or person of political import) and hypes them up.

They might tell tales of this person's great deeds, heroism, bravery and strength, or they might straight up lie to everyone and tell people this person is a god, or some almighty being. They may do this by simply word of mouth, or they might sing songs in taverns and busk in the streets.

If you're still struggling to pick up what I'm putting down, imagine one of Sir Robin's minstrels from Monty Python's "The Holy Grail".

I would put this role somewhere between a hype man, a town crier, and a citharaphile.

So what is this word I am thinking of?

P.S.: Yeah I did make that last one up, but I think it should be a word so there's that too.

Like a sense of wanting something that never existed or is impossible/inconceivable.

Do you know any unfortunate or clever "problematic portmanteaus?"
The blending of two concepts or words to create a new word or phrase with possible unfortunate interpretations.

Poor example of "problematic portmanteau" from experience:

Ham Fisted: A sloppily or clumsily executed attempt ^(+) With Kid Gloves: To treat delicately due to a perceived sensitivity

Usage: "They totally 'kid-fisted' that storyline in the series... "😶

I want to find a word that describes a class of people who are/will become historically significant. Something that describes the people who are real pioneers in their field and have a profound impact, but also general enough that it could apply to artists, athletes or academics. A word that puts people like Shakespeare, Michael Jordan, Beethoven, Kanye west, Christopher Columbus etc… into the same field. I’m looking to write a paper for a class on how the ethical behavior of these kinds of people impacts their legacy, but can’t seem to come up with a word that describes all these people accurately.

Reading through the posts instead of assembling my table, I remembered the game Balderdash. It would be so much fun to play with this group!

So for weeks now I feel it's on the top of my tongue but cannot find the word. It's similar to Stockholm syndrome "kind of", but by definition it is when a person thinks something is great purely because what they are used to is bad. Example, someone who has been given egg shells to eat for weeks and then finally gets a fried egg with tons of egg shells in it, they would view as amazing but in reality it's still awful just less worse than what they are used to, and they simply don't know any better. And I don't mean from a poverty perspective just using the first thing that came to my mind because I just made an omelette.

So I can't figure out a word for the life of me. "I snuffle a sob" but I know the word isn't snuffle or shuffle but I can't think of what it is but it feels like it sounds close to those words like it starts with a s maybe? I hope this makes sense