lingo https://godammit.com And I'm getting madder. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:32:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/godammit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-13-at-7.18.14-AM-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 lingo https://godammit.com 32 32 110361536 Stendahl’s Syndrome & Wordschmerz https://godammit.com/stendahls-syndrome-and-wordschmertz/ https://godammit.com/stendahls-syndrome-and-wordschmertz/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:29:33 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/2008/03/15/stendahls-syndrome-and-wordschmertz/ Continue reading ]]> “Stendahl’s Syndrome” refers to the symptoms of dizziness, racing heart, and rapture brought about by an encounter with great art. Isn’t that a cool term?

While looking at various definitions of Stendahl’s Syndrome, I came upon this list of popular new words, most of which filled me with a sense of rage and grief that I will call “wordschmerz.” (I’m too lazy to find out the German word for “word.”)

I am particularly sickened by fauxhawk, lifestreaming, and defictionalization. I do like post-gay, however. But not as much as post post-gay.

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