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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

  • The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: For Lack Of A Better World

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    The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a web series that defines newly invented words for strangely powerful emotions. Written, edited, and narrated by John Koenig. New episodes are published every other Sunday, on TestTube and YouTube. Show less
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    • Zenosyne: The Sense That Time Keeps Going Faster - Duration: 3 minutes, 14 seconds.

      • 3 days ago
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      As a kid you run around so fast, the world around you seems to stand still. A summer vacation can stretch on for an eternity. With each birthday we circle back and cross the same point around the s...
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    • Astrophe: The Feeling of Being Stuck on Earth - Duration: 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

      • 1 week ago
      • 37,930 views
      It's hard not to look at the ground as you walk. To set your sights low, and keep the world spinning, and try to stay grounded wherever you are. But every so often you remember to look up, and imag...
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    • Kenopsia: The Eeriness of Places Left Behind - Duration: 3 minutes, 12 seconds.

      • 3 weeks ago
      • 43,071 views
      ETYMOLOGY: From Greek, kenosis "emptiness" + opsia "seeing"

      kenopsia, n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallwa...
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    • The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig - Duration: 76 seconds.

      • 1 month ago
      • 40,289 views
      THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS is a web-series about creating our own meaning. Each episode explores newly invented words for strangely powerful emotions, so we can better define what it feels l...
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    • Socha: The Hidden Vulnerability of Others - Duration: 2 minutes, 33 seconds.

      • 1 month ago
      • 63,974 views
      It’s the kind of basic human vulnerability that we’d all find familiar, but is still somehow surprising when we notice it in others. It’s an open question why we have such public confidence, and su...
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    • Yu Yi: The Desire to Feel Intensely Again - Duration: 4 minutes, 38 seconds.

      • 1 month ago
      • 69,499 views
      yù yī - 玉衣
      n. the desire to see with fresh eyes, and feel things just as intensely as you did when you were younger—before expectations, before memory, before words.
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