ἀστέρων πάντων ὀ κάλλιστος (of all the stars, the fairest)
πόλυ πάκτιδος ἀδυμελεστέρα, χρύσω χρυσοτέρα (far sweeter-sounding than the lyre, far more golden than gold)
τὰν ἰόκολπον (violet-tressed, one with violets in her lap)
ὦ κάλα, ὦ χαρίεσσα κόρα (o beautiful, graceful girl)
ἦρος ἄγγελος ἰμερόφωνος ἀήδων (nightingale, sweet-voiced messenger of spring)
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a list of untranslatable words ☕️
cafuné – brazilian portuguese: the act of running one’s fingers, gently but deeply, through someone else’s hair
積ん読 (tsundoku) – japanese: the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with other such unread books
木漏れ日 (komorebi) – japanese: sunlight filtering through the trees
mångata – swedish: the roadlike reflection of moonlight on water
verklempt – yiddish: a person who is too emotional to speak
liefdesverdriet – dutch: the heartache caused from an unrequited love and the mental pains one endures; the physical pain of depression
fika – swedish/finnish: gathering together to talk and take a
break from everyday routines, usually drinking coffee and eating
pastries
幽玄 (yūgen) – japanese: an indescribable sentiment, can only be
described as a painful awareness of the mysterious beauty and human
suffering
l’esprit de l’escalier – french: the moment one finally thinks of a witty remark, far too late, after the opportunity has passed
kilig – tagalog: the feeling of butterflies in your stomach, usually when something romantic or cute takes place
いるす
(irusu) – japanese: pretending to be absent from home when someone is at the door
habseligkeiten – german: personal belongings, small treasures and property, which define our happiness and sentiments
nefelibata – portuguese: cloud walker; name given to the quixotic dreamers, they appear spacey, otherworldly, but intelligent
σοφρωσύνη (sophrosyne) – greek: self-control, balance, wisdom & grace;virtue that follows the aphorisms “nothing in excess” & “know thyself"
hiraeth – welsh: homesickness for a place which never even existed.
Connotations of sadness, yearning, profound nostalgia and wistfulness
torpe – tagalog: being too shy to pursue amorous desires
waldeinsamkeit – german: the feeling of being alone in the woods
litost – czech: the humiliated despair we feel when someone accidentally reminds us, trough their accomplishment, of our inadequacies
dustsceawung – old english: contemplation of the fact that dust used to be other things – the walls of a city, a book, a great tree…
duende – spanish: the spirit of evocation; the mysterious power a work of art has to deeply move a person
gattara – italian: a woman, often old and lonely, who devotes herself to stray cats
tоска – russian: a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often
without any specific cause, a longing with nothing to long for,
nostalgia
φιλότιμο (philotimo) – greek: a complex array of virtues; expressed through acts of generosity & sacrifice w/o expecting anything in return
gezellig –
dutch: abstract sensation of individual well-being that one shares with
others;cozy ambience, anything pleasant, homely, friendly
Most of us learn early on to think of love as a feeling. When we feel drawn to someone, we cathect with them; that is, we invest feelings or emotion in them. That process of investment wherein a loved one becomes important to us is called ‘cathexis.’ In his book [M. Scott] Peck rightly emphasizes that most of us ‘confuse cathecting with loving.’ We all know how often individuals feeling connected to someone through the process of cathecting insist that they love the other person even if they are hurting or neglecting them. Since their feeling is that of cathexis, they insist that what they feel is love.
When we understand love as the will to nurture our own and another’s spiritual growth, it becomes clear that we cannot claim to love if we are hurtful and abusive. Love and abuse cannot coexist. Abuse and neglect are, by definition, the opposities of nurturance and care.

Nüshu
(literally “women’s writing” in Chinese) is a syllabic script created
and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County in Hunan province
of southern China. Up until the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) women were
forbidden access to formal education, and so Nüshu was developed in
secrecy as a means to communicate. Since its discovery in 1982, Nüshu
remains to be the only gender-specific writing system in the world.

“Woman” By Audre Lorde
february is the kindest month
when she speaks the rain starts
and i know it wants me to cuddle her too
Persian words for sexuality
LGBT (and also Queer) : دگرباشی = Degarbashi
Genderqueer : خارج از جنسیت = Kharej Az Jenseya
Cisgender : هم سو جنسی = Ham So Jensi
Heterosexuality : دگرجنس گرایی = Degar Jens Garayi
Homosexuaity : همجنسگرایی = Ham Jens Garayi
Homosexual : همجنس خواه – همجنسگرا = Hamjens Gara – Hamjens Khah
Bisexual : دوجنسگرایی = Do Jens Garayi
Transgender : ترا جنسیتی = Tara Gensiyati
Transexual : تراجنسی = Tara Jensi
Transman : ترا مرد = Tara Mard
Transwoman : ترا زن = Tara Zan
Asexuality : بی جنس گرایی = Bi Jens Garayi
Pansexuality : همه جنس گرایی = Hameh Jens Garayi
Polysexuality : چند جنس گرایی = Chand Jens Garayi
I put David Attenborough documentaries on the TV for my animals when I‘m fucking so they don’t see and I don’t ruin their innocence 😇
WHY ARE YOU LONELY: A TEXT GAME – Mallory Ortberg
WHY ARE YOU LONELY: CHOOSE ONE
- FAILED TO NURTURE RELATIONSHIPS BORN OUT OF CONVENIENCE ONCE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRED ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM YOU
- WATCHED NETFLIX FOR SEVEN HOURS INSTEAD OF SLEEPING BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN MISTAKEN INERTIA FOR REST
- CONFUSED “SELF-CARE” WITH “SELF-INDULGENCE” AGAIN; YOU ARE INCAPABLE
OF EXPERIENCING GENUINE REFRESHMENT OR RESTORATION BUT YOU DO SPEND A
LOT OF MONEY AT NAIL SALONS - ONCE AGAIN CONFUSED “EMPATHY” FOR “TAKING RESPONSIBILITY” AND
INVITED OTHERS TO UNLOAD THEIR EMOTIONAL BURDENS ON YOU WITHOUT FIRST
ENSURING RECIPROCITY, WHOOPS - ANTICIPATORILY BLAMED OTHER PEOPLE FOR NOT CALLING YOU WITHOUT ONCE ASKING YOURSELF WHY YOU CAN’T CALL THEM
- ASSUMING ANY TIME SPENT TOGETHER THAT YOU HAD TO INITIATE IS SOMEHOW
LESS AUTHENTIC THAN REQUESTS FOR TIME SPENT TOGETHER THAT YOU ACCEPT - BELIEVE “PERIODICALLY EXPERIENCING THE HUMAN CONDITION” MEANS SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN WITHIN YOU
- CONSTANTLY LIE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS THEN WONDER WHY YOU FEEL LIKE NO ONE KNOWS YOU
- MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THAT NEGATIVE FEELINGS MUST BE MISTAKES EITHER TO BE AVOIDED OR FIXED RATHER THAN EXPERIENCED
- DESIRE TO BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD WITHOUT THE CONCOMITANT WILLINGNESS TO FULLY EXPLAIN YOURSELF
- BELIEVE TRYING AT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SHOULD RESULT IN INSTANT
PERFECTION AND FIND YOURSELF HORRIFIED AND ASHAMED OF MAKING REALISTIC
PROGRESS - TRY COCONUT OIL
- CONVINCED THAT HONESTLY ADMITTING YOUR PROBLEMS WILL DRIVE PEOPLE
AWAY BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES COMPLAINING SO INSTEAD YOU OFFER EVERYONE A
PISS-POOR SIMULACRUM OF BEING EASY-GOING - STILL JUST WAITING FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN TO YOU INSTEAD OF EXPRESSING YOUR DESIRES ALOUD
- THINK YOU’RE BEING PLAYFUL BUT ACTUALLY YOU JUST GET MEAN WHEN YOU DRINK
- SPEND ALL YOUR TIME SAYING THINGS LIKE “EITHER’S GOOD” OR “DOESN’T
MATTER TO ME” WHEN IN FACT ONLY ONE THING IS GOOD AND IT DOES MATTER TO
YOU BUT YOU THINK “NOT EXPRESSING A PREFERENCE” IS THE BEST PERSONALITY
TRAIT YOU HAVE TO OFFER OTHERS - PEOPLE ACTUALLY MORE AWARE OF YOUR BARELY-CONCEALED CONTEMPT FOR THEIR CHOICES AND RELATIONSHIPS THAN YOU THINK THEY ARE
- NO GOOD REASON, SORRY
Mallory Ortberg plz stop laying my psyche bare for the world to see

The Witches’ Alphabet, also known as the Theban Alphabet,
has long been used by practitioners of sorcery to encode their
writings. The oldest surviving book containing the Theban Alphabet is
Johannes Trithemius’ Polygraphia, c.1518. This exerpt
explains how Trithemius learned of the alphabet from a pre-existing book
on magick, now lost to time, which he attributes to Peter d’Abano:
“Sequitur aliud alphabetum Honorii cognomento Thebani, cuius
ministerio suas in magicis fatuitates abscondit, sicut Petrus de Apono
testatur in suo maiore libro quarto.“
Here follows another alphabet of Honorius surnamed the Theban, and
the use thereof is for hiding the foolishness of his magic, as Petrus de
Abano testifies in his greater fourth book.