Saturday, August 28, 2021

 Borborygmus


Borborygmus is the noise that the stomach makes, also known as stomach rumbling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach_rumble



Thursday, August 19, 2021

 Thought-terminating cliché


A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, commonly used to quell cognitive dissonance.

Wikipedia

Saturday, August 7, 2021

 Prelapsarian

Characteristic of the time before the Fall of Man; innocent and unspoilt.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

 Memento mori


Memento mori (Latin for 'remember that you [have to] die') is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture of the medieval period. Memento mori jewelry with skull or coffin motifs became popular in the late 16th century, and it was reflected in the artistic genre of vanitas, where symbolic objects such as hourglasses and wilting flowers signified the impermanence of human life.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori

 Semantic satiation


Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a lengthy period of time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation




Wednesday, July 28, 2021

 Aestivation

Aestivation is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aestivation




 Uxorious

Showing too much love for ones wife.

Interestingly, there does not seem to be a term to describe showing too much love for ones husband.