emotions felt that need better words

I just love these kinds of word lists. This is a set of made-up words where the writer, J. Koenig connects the seemingly unconnectable feelings we as humans experience on a daily basis and puts words to them. Through this practice he has created his own language to define each word along with the etymology that inspired it. He created a book for some of them: the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a compilation of expressions that offer a tiny slice of our shared humanity. He finds a way to show, in his new words and their definitions, how we connect to ourselves and one another through feelings and emotions. 

To quote my niece: this is way past my alley.

May your Monday morning not be too overridden by lachesism (#15).

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.

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