Weltschmerz
Spelling bees rool! And so do nerds. Few events are as captivating as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. I learned a new word during yesterday’s finals that allows me to better understand my problems. The adorable Canadian girl who finished in second place failed to properly spell weltschmerz, which means a
"mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state." This state of mind has a name? I finally feel validated.
posted by Happy In Bag @ 8:24 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:31 PM,
panos said…
Appoggiatura.
At 4:17 PM,
Tonto said…
'Weltschmerz' - melancholy, tired and sick of the world. That's one definition. The second, from what I've heard, is beautiful in a deep way: :
"The quality of being homesick for a place one has never been, as if from a dream. A deep longing."
I just love this meaning, and I just ran across a new word. In English, yet!::
nostomania ( -mayn-yuh) noun
An overwhelming desire to return home or to go back to familiar places.
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