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greenturtle74
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14 Sep 2010, 7:06 pm
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A Dictionary of the Near Future
By DOUGLAS COUPLAND
Published: September 12, 2010
The thing about the future is that it never feels the way we thought it would. New sensations require new terms; below are a few such terms to encapsulate our present moment.
By DOUGLAS COUPLAND
Published: September 12, 2010
The thing about the future is that it never feels the way we thought it would. New sensations require new terms; below are a few such terms to encapsulate our present moment.
Click here for full article
There are so many great words here that I never would have thought to define. A few of my favorites:
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COMPLEX SEPARATION The theory that, in music, a song gets only one chance to make a first impression. After that the brain starts breaking it down, subdividing the musical experience into its various components — lyrical, melodic and so forth.
I’ve always kind of wished for a selective memory-wipeout just so I could listen to my favorite songs for the first time again.
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DENARRATION The process whereby one’s life stops feeling like a story.
When does this start?
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FRANKENTIME What time feels like when you realize that most of your life is spent working with and around a computer and the Internet.
Yes, definitely need a word for this. (I’m already there.) But why “Franken?”
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INSTANT REINCARNATION The fact that most adults, no matter how great their life is, wish for radical change in their life. The urge to reincarnate while still alive is near universal.
Universal? I thought it was just me. Not necessarily to reincarnate, but I wish to be living somewhere else, doing something else, and to be a better version of myself. And increasingly doubting I will achieve even a fraction of that.
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INTERNAL VOICE BLINDNESS The near universal inability of people to articulate the tone and personality of the voice that forms their interior monologue.
The voice in my head sounds like me, he is just more articulate, and is never at a loss for words.
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LYRICAL PUTTY The lyrics one creates in one’s head in the absence of knowing a song’s real lyrics.
I do this all the time. Sometimes I check the actual lyrics years later, and go, “ohhhh… but mine is so much better...”
Check out the full article for the rest of the list.
14 Sep 2010, 10:00 pm
John_Browning
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Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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14 Sep 2010, 10:10 pm
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INTERNAL VOICE BLINDNESS The near universal inability of people to articulate the tone and personality of the voice that forms their interior monologue.
I usually don't have that problem. Unfortunately, a lot of people get offended because of it.
