mauerbauertraurigkeit
English
Etymology
Coined by John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from German Mauer (“wall”) + Bauer (“builder”) + Traurigkeit (“sorrow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊɚbaʊɚˈtɹaʊɹɪɡkaɪt/
Noun
mauerbauertraurigkeit (uncountable)
- (neologism, rare) An inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.
- 2015, Johnny Close, Eco-Lonely, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 162, →ISBN:
- I think the phenomenon is known as mauerbauertraurigkeit, which is an [in]explicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
- 2019, Quashon Mayes, Geniuses Don t Belong In The Hood, Lulu.com, →ISBN, →ISBN:
- The more I learn
The more different I become
I begin to to[sic] feel mauerbauertraurigkeit
On top of adronitis
- 2020, Stevenson Mukoro, Smells Like Death Sighing, Dartford: Xlibris UK, →ISBN, OCLC 1283019739, →ISBN:
- ‘Briggs!’ I exclaimed, suddenly getting an Mauerbauertraurigkeit urge.
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References
- John Koenig, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, page 109