I’ve always loved the word “sonder”. Knowing that people have their own lives and thoughts and usually they aren’t centered on you at all is liberating. I wish I had run across this as a kid, to realize that the peer pressure I thought was there giving me anxiety was totally self-inflicted and I could just be myself.
I’ve always loved the word “sonder”. Knowing that people have their own lives and thoughts and usually they aren’t centered on you at all is liberating. I wish I had run across this as a kid, to realize that the peer pressure I thought was there giving me anxiety was totally self-inflicted and I could just be myself.
That’s a cool concept, but a made up word.
Language evolves, sure. But making up words is like genetically engineering a third leg or something.
Counter point: I don’t give a shit. Live life, rock n roll, sonder on, and fuck the police.
…you do realize that all words are made up, right?
IIRC this particular word emerged in a blog post published explicitly to propose a bunch of new words.
So yes I do realise that all words have an etymology, but most were not created in the course of self aggrandizement.
That’s the case for you. My friends started talking amongst themselves about how jobless I am
To be fair you ARE the worlds dumbest man soo…