Is there a word for the happiness in finding the exact right word?
from clockworkrat@slrpnk.net to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 06:51
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iii@mander.xyz on 27 Aug 07:21 next collapse

Eureka

Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io on 27 Aug 08:00 next collapse

This is the right answer

dontmindmehere@programming.dev on 27 Aug 12:09 collapse

urethra! ☝️🧑‍🦲

Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 27 Aug 14:46 collapse

That Sounds right

fullsquare@awful.systems on 27 Aug 07:25 next collapse

i think there is, but i don’t want to spread associated cognitohazard

mechanismatic@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 07:28 next collapse

You can coin a neologism if you can’t find an existing word.

onomato- is a prefix that is often used to mean word or name felic- is a prefix that means happy ortho- can mean correct, but also straight

So maybe orthonomatofelicity?

Probably too long.

Maybe just onomatofelicity?

There are other roots you can find with similar meanings to mix up your own neologism.

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 07:28 next collapse

fe·lic·i·ty | fəˈlɪsədi |
noun (plural felicities)

  1. intense happiness.
  2. the ability to find appropriate expression for one’s thoughts.
Kolanaki@pawb.social on 27 Aug 08:06 collapse

This comment is felicity. Falicious? Shit…

palordrolap@fedia.io on 27 Aug 09:24 collapse

The adjectival form is "felicitous". (fe-LI-si-tus)

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website on 27 Aug 07:28 next collapse

Wortfindungseuphorie.

rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz on 27 Aug 15:44 collapse

Sanankeksimisilo

ace_garp@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 08:19 next collapse

Logophoria

perhaps.

saltesc@lemmy.world on 27 Aug 08:19 next collapse

Satisfaction.

DagwoodIII@piefed.social on 27 Aug 11:12 next collapse

The Difference Between the Almost Right Word and the Right Word Is Really a Large Matter—’Tis the Difference Between the Lightning Bug and the Lightning

Mark Twain.

sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz on 05 Sep 12:28 collapse

“Bon mot”