★ chrysalism
n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm

★ kairosclerosis
n. the moment you look around and realize you’re currently happy as if consciously trying to savor the feeling

★ vemödalen
n. the fear that originality is no longer possible

★ slipfast
adj. longing to disappear completely; to melt into a crowd and become invisible

★ elsewise
adj. struck by the poignant strangeness of other people’s homes, which smell and feel so different from your own

★ licotic
adj. anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you like

★ exulansis
n. the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it

★ ozurie
n. feeling torn between the life you want and the life you have

★ aubadoir
n. the otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 A.M.