Sam Woolfe
Freelance Writer, Blogger & Author

Monotigue: The Feeling of Being Tired of the Everyday

Monotigue: The Feeling of Being Tired of the Everyday

At the end of John Koenig’s book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, which I reviewed here, the author invites readers to invent new words (or neologisms) as he has done throughout the book: …that’s what words are good for – they give meaning to everything they touch. We have the power to use them as we…

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Book Review: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

Book Review: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

John Koenig’s book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows takes its name from the website and YouTube channel that Koenig set up for defining neologisms. Koenig’s dictionary compiles these new words for obscure emotions – extremely specific feelings that are commonplace but which we have not yet seen articulated. Koenig is a keen and brilliant writer,…

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