Weltschmerz - World-pain - in reference to the world
World weariness - in reference to the self
Coined by Jean Paul in his novel Selina, published in 1827
A deep sadness about the state of being alive
That physical reality cannot satisfy the cravings of the mind
The Deutsches Wörterbuch by the Brothers Grimm defines it as a deep sadness
about the insufficiency of the world.
Merz Kurt Schwitters' made up word for his mode of working, post WWI.
"In the war, things were in terrible turmoil. What I had learned at the academy was of no
use to me and the useful new ideas were still unready. Everything had broken down and
new things had to be made of the fragments; and this is Merz. It was like a revolution
within me, not as it was, but as it should have been. "
Kurt took the term ' Merz ' from a fragment of paper he incorporated in one of his
collages. It came from the name Commerz Bank.
Uht-cearu - from the old English
Early morning care
the worries that gather as one lies sleepless before dawn
cf Swedish - vargtimmen/wolf time
pronounced; oot-chair-oo
tchotchke - A Jewish American word, widely used, especially in New York, borrowed fromYiddish and
originally from Slavic.
Little treasures
Bric-a-brac
Trinket
Nicknack
Bauble
Memento
Schoures - Scots word, other, very old, variations are; (c)hour,
s(c)howr(e),
schure
schouer
s(c)hower
-ir
schuar
sure
scour
scurvier
Meanings and related meanings range from a downfall ( of hail or rain, or snow or sleet ) a
light fall of rain, wintry, to
harsh, ugly, or mild, beneficial and a source of beauty to
a conflict, an attack of pain, labour pains.
Syntropy - From Greek syn=together, tropos=tendency. It was first coined by the mathematician Luigi Fantappiè, in 1941, in order to describe the mathematical properties of the advanced waves solution of the Klein-Gordon equation which unites Quantum Mechanics with Special Relativity. As noted by Viterbo, syntropy is "the tendency towards energy concentration, order, organization and life" (http://www.syntropy.org/). In contradistinction to "entropy," syntropy is a result of retrocausality leading to persistent and more complex organization. This is akin to the concept of dissipative structures developed by Ilya Prigogine, expostulated in Order Out of Chaos, by Prigogine & Stengers (1984). Buckminster Fuller developed a definition in relation to "whole systems" as "A tendency towards order and symmetrical combinations, designs of ever more advantageous and orderly patterns. Evolutionary cooperation. Anti-entropy" (http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Syntropy).
' A tendency towards order,
symmetrical combinations,
designs of ever more advantageous and orderly patterns.
Evolutionary cooperation.
Anti-entropy '
In psychology; ' a wholesome association with others '
In anatomy ; ' a formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation ' eg ribs.
In pathology ; ' the coalescence of two diseases into one '
In physics ; The Law of syntropy states that in a converging universe, energy is constantly absorbed from the environment. Syntropy is the magnitude by which we measure the concentration of energy and the increase of syntropy is irreversible.
Entropy - Breakup, collapse, decay, decline.
A scientific concept describing a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty.
Cóiste Bodhar. - Death Coach
Mana - From Melanesian and Polynesian mythology, mana is a supernatural force which permeates the
universe. Anyone and anything can possess this force.
In Hawaiian and Tahitian mythology, mana is a spiritual energy and healing power which can exist in places, objects and persons. Hawaiians believe that mana may be gained or lost by actions, and Hawaiians and Tahitians believe that mana is both external and internal. - from Wikipedia.
Cynefin - ( pronounced ‘ kuh-Nev-in’ )
Welsh; a sense of rootedness. Expresses also the multiple, intertwined factors in our environment and our experience that influence us in ways we can never fully understand.
Imrama - Celtic; a sacred journey of the soul.
A sea voyage on which we don’t know where we are going, but our spirit knows the way.
C - suite. - top management positions
C - chief
Solipsistic - self centred
Subaltern. - of lower status
Elision. - joining together 2 things especially abstract ones.
Omission of a syllable eg let's
Serendicular
A portmanteau word
frankenword
blended word
Combining serendipity with perpendicular
Something that happens to be right next to something else and proves quite beneficial to the one who encounters it.
Like finding the perfect book next to the good book one went in search of in a library.
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