Words for Things That Have No Name
Words for Things That Have No Name
Some experiences are so specific, so quietly human, that language passed them by.
Not because they are rare. Because they are so common they became invisible. Part of the furniture of being alive that no one thought to label.
Other languages found words for these. English mostly didn't.
This is an ongoing series. Each post takes one word and holds it up to the light. Not as a vocabulary lesson. As a recognition. Here is the name for the thing you have felt and never been able to say.
You already know these feelings. You just didn't have the words yet. Click on each for the blog
The Series
(This page is updated as new entries are published.)