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Exigency means an urgent, immediate need or demand or an emergency situation. Exigency is something that we are all aware of as each day seems to present yet another human rights or environmental or emotional dilemma. Due to the almost constant state of exigency, burnout is bound to happen and yet due to the exigent… Continue reading Word Nerd: Exigency
Ambivert is a word that finds that happy medium between introvert and extrovert and it's a relatively new word to me. While I do tend to lean towards introversion, I still have many qualities that fit the extrovert description and that is where the concept of ambiversion comes in. An ambivert is one who is… Continue reading Word Nerd: Ambivert
Induratize is a word meaning to harden one's heart to someone's pleas or advances or to the idea of love. Induratize is, in other words, to close one's very spirit. There are many, many reasons why one would choose to induratize themselves. Heartache is painful, agonizing, and at times it feels like it's just too… Continue reading Word Nerd: Induratize
Couthy (also spelled couthie) is a rather lovely word meaning agreeable and genial. Couthy goes along quite well with the word hygge, since both words conjure up cozy, comfortable, and utterly delightful thoughts. While couthy is a year-round word, there is something particularly wonderful about it in the cold winter months. In winter one wants to… Continue reading Word Nerd: Couthy
Mirabilia is a plural noun that means miraculous events or things that inspire marvelous wonder and awe. Mirabilia seems a quite fitting term for this season of miracles, since even though every season has it's own mirabilia, the Winter holiday season seems particularly wondrous. Maybe it's the way the sun renews it's self on the… Continue reading Word Nerd: Mirabilia
Sanguine feels like such an apt and decidedly needed word right now. Despite all of the chaos, the disappointment, the unsettling upset that is pervading so many, there is the ability to have a certain sort of sanguine mindset. To be sanguine, or optimistically hopeful in an apparently terrible and difficult situation is exactly what… Continue reading Word Nerd: Sanguine
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