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Dictionary of Missing Words - by Rob Walker

  • Dictionary of Missing Words is an exercise in paying attention to phenomena you encounter — sensations, concepts, states between states, feelings, slippery things — that could be named, but don’t seem to be. More here and here.

This week’s missing word is from reader Bethany McLean, via the comments:

I’ve long been in search of the word that describ…

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Christie Applegate

Update: 2024-12-03