This website and related Instagram account feature original definitions for nameless emotions everyone still feels. Created by John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (@thedictionaryofobscuresorrows) "aims to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don't yet have a word for." A few of the newly coined terms also have videos to further explain their meaning.
Some have overt references to popular culture, such as "the McFly effect," which has to do with seeing your parents interact with people they knew in their youth. In addition to describing a feeling you might have been searching for a way to describe, the original definitions in themselves are extremely well written and might invoke emotions separate from what they are describing.
What's Driving This Trend
- Nameless Emotion Definitions
- Opportunity for creating dictionaries or platforms that provide original definitions for nameless emotions.
- Emotional Vocabulary Creation
- Potential for developing tools or applications that help people create their own vocabulary for emotions they experience.
- Emotional Understanding and Expression
- Opportunity to explore innovative ways to understand and express complex emotions through words or visual mediums.
Who This Affects Most
- Language and Communication
- Disruptive innovation opportunities in creating new tools and platforms for emotional language and communication.
- Technology and Apps
- Opportunity to develop apps or software that assist people in naming and expressing their emotions.
- Education and Psychology
- Potential for integrating innovative emotional vocabulary learning techniques into education and psychological practices.
