The half-forlorn, half-escapist ache of a train whistle calling in the distance at night.įunkenzwangsvorstellung n. The crushing feeling that the future is arriving ahead of schedule, that all years with fanciful nameslike “Two Thousand Eleven” are bursting from their hypothetical cages into the arena of the present, furiously bucking your grip as you slip, one hand reaching for the reins, the other waving high like a school-kid who knows the answer to the question.Īmeneurosis n. The fear that connections between people are ultimately shallow, that although relationships feel congenial at the time, an audit of your life would reveal low-interest holdings and un-invested windfall profits in your emotional safety deposit box this will indicate that you were never really at risk of joy, sacrifice or loss.Īdomania n. The intense desire to bite deeply into the forearm of someone you love.Īpomakrysmenophobia n.
The imaginary committee of elders who keep a running log of your mistakes, steadily building their case that you’re secretly a fraud, a coward, a doofus and a douche, and who would have successfully revoked your good fortune years ago had they not been held up during council by bitter squabblings over grammar and spelling.
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