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NOTE – If you are new to the “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” read the quote at the bottom this post (under the asterisks) then watch the video.
Lachesism: Longing for the Clarity of Disaster
Via The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
As quoted from the YouTube webpage for this video [emphasis is mine]:
LACHESISM – For a million years, we’ve watched the sky, and huddled in fear. But somehow you still find yourself quietly rooting for the storm. As if a part of you is tired of waiting, wondering when the world will fall apart—by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods—almost daring them to grant your wish.
ETYMOLOGY – Greek, from LACHESIS, “the disposer of lots.” Lachesis is the name of the second of the three fates in Ancient Greek mythology. Clothed in white, Lachesis is the measurer of the thread woven by Clotho’s spindle, the apportioner who decided how much time for life was to be allowed for each person or being. She measured the thread of life with her rod.”
Do you like moods? Perhaps the question would be better phrased: “Do you like videos that provoke or elicit particular emotions?” The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is intriguing because John Koenig, creator, presents a word that is obscure or completely invented and then connects it to a stylized video to further enhance the definition of that word. As Koenig indicates on his website (linked below), “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.”
Do you like moods? Perhaps the question would be better phrased: “Do you like videos that provoke or elicit particular emotions?” The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is intriguing because John Koenig, creator, presents a word that is obscure or completely invented and then connects it to a stylized video to further enhance the definition of that word. As Koenig indicates on his website (linked below), “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.”
Here is one of my favorite definitions from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
Onism – The Awareness of How Little of the World You’ll Experience
Interestingly enough, the Urban Dictionary has a different definition for Onism.