Tag: wortneuschoepfungswahn

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

I’m half-convinced that many Germans regard it as a point of national pride to have words for every conceivable emotion, and every time anyone anywhere asks “is there a word for [obscure emotional state]?”, the entire nation of Germany collectively invents one, edits their dictionaries so that it’s retroactively always existed, and says “yes, yes there is”.

@lightlunas​ replied:

I can’t say you’re wrong, and I’m pretty sure you’re talking about the famous German “Wortneuschöpfungswahn”