Last week, we asked dozen of writers to coin names for 78 new complex emotions, and this week, we turned to our readers, asking them on Twitter and Instagram for their own new emotions. From “blooby” to “deathirsty,” here’s what you came up with
We updated Roger Hargreaves’s Little Miss and Mr. Men universe as a suggestion to include some of our new emotions. Illustration: Zohar Lazar Last week, the Cut wrote about a new, controversial theory of emotions, which claims we just might have an infinite number of them, so long as we can name them. Then, we asked dozen of writers to coin names for 78 new complex emotions, from libido snap to liegasm and Hupokringesis.
—@sampalmy, on Twitter Pregret The feeling of wanting to go back in time BEFORE you did something dumb. —@superalexisss, on Twitter Malmiss When you want to be missed by someone whom you also wish would leave you alone. —@courtneycollecting, on Twitter Ethnystery When you feel someone guessing your ethnicity in their head.—@shmannashmiller, on Twitter Blooby When you feel like you have no bones but you still have to go to work.
—@edehoratius, on Twitter Reguilt Suddenly remembering old reasons to feel guilty and letting them influence the current course of your actions, the feeling that actually runs my life. —@missanabeem, on Twitter Exunuberance When you have to force yourself through dinner for the sake of your children and have to curb your desire to poke the annoying ex with your fork. —@suraiyaishaque, on Instagram Laughxiety A burning/tingling sensation in your cheeks when you missed your chance to laugh really hard at something and you feel cheated.
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