Editor's Corner

Good morning, peeps! Today is another one of those days, where we had a mid-week holiday, and many people are still out enjoying themselves (or nursing hangovers and cleaning up after messy guests).

I read this article about words related to common New Year’s resolutions, and I found some of them interesting. I’m just giving you my favorites, but you can see them all here: 30 Words For The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions | Dictionary.com

• wabi-sabi: A Japanese term for a worldview that finds beauty in imperfection. Nobody is perfect, and realizing that fact goes a long way to building stronger relationships.
• amour-propre: A synonym of self-esteem or self-respect. This word reveals whose opinion matters the most when deciding to lose weight: your own!
• pecuniary: An adjective that means something involves or is related to money. [KC – This could be a good one to use if you’re hiding “pecuniary difficulties.” It sounds like maybe your pet bird flew away, or you don’t like the taste of asparagus. Definitely odd enough that people won’t ask for
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• nomophobia: An unofficial term for the fear of not having a mobile phone. Many of us have come to depend on our phones, which means a social media update is often just a thumb press away. [KC – I had to look for more details on this term because I know “phobia” is “fear of” but I couldn’t remember any Greek prefix “nomo.” It turns out it stands for “no mobile.”
  Fear of no phone access? I regard that as a glorious time to relax and enjoy the magic of true peace.]
• JOMO: This term, which means “joy of missing out,” refers to being so happy about your own life that you don’t worry about what other people are doing.
• meraki: A Greek word that means to do something with passion and pleasure. [KC – Fascinating! There is a new restaurant/event space in our neighborhood with this name. It’s hosted by a group of Italians, sounds like a Japanese word, but it’s Greek (from Turkish). I wonder what the food is like? It used to be the Moose Lodge!]
• arbejdsglæde: A Danish word that means “happiness at work.” [KC – I’ll take their word for it.]
• crapulous: An adjective that describes something as being related to overindulgence in drinking. Given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating. [KC – I think this sounds like the perfect word for how you feel after a day or night of excessive drinking. “Don’t speak so loudly, Madge, I’m feeling crapulous today.”]

May your resolutions hold true and may your 2025 be spectacular, not crapular!

Happy New Year from Sylvie, too!

Kara Church | Technical Editor, Advisory | Technical Publications

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