YOUR WORD

WHAT’S YOUR WORD. . .

I’m not asking you to give your Word
I’m asking for something much more valuable. . .

YOUR WORD

Dictionary of Obscure SorrowsPublished on Apr 30, 2015SUBSCRIBE 296KWhile you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But once you have some distance from it, everything seems to shrink, until it’s almost out of focus. So you begin scanning your life looking for something interesting or beautiful. But all you see is ordinary people assembled in their tiny classrooms and workspaces, each of us moving around in little steps, like tokens on a game board. ETYMOLOGY From Greek koinos, “common, ordinary, stripped of specialness” + phobia, “fear”. THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows… The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. 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. Follow the project, give feedback, suggest an emotion you need a word for, or just tell me about your day.

What is it?

If you could make up a new one like John Koenig did in his
THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS
What is THAT Word

WHAT IS YOUR WORD

Puts just
GIVING YOUR WORD
into a who other universe,
h u h. . .

K O I N O P H O B I A
may be the word
that spells the universal fear
that maybe LIFE has been meaningless. . .
A FEAR
I’ve heard expressed at the bedsides of many of many a dying patient
which in essence
is more false
than the Sun
being a bright candle
with an inextinguishable wick
in a snow globe
that cannot any longer be shaken. . .

Pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst:
G E T S H A K E N

Forget about
Giving your Word
or
Finding your Word
BE

Be your Word

Explode the Dictionary

BE
undefinably
awesome
l i v i n g
YOUR
Purpose(S)
Reason(S)
Destiny(S)
M E A N I N G ( S )