THE DICTIONARY OF
OBSCURE BLISS
“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.”
The dictionary of obscure bliss is about flipping the coin on sorrow and distilling instances of bliss in everyday life.
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“The Dictionary of Obscure Bliss was created when the message of ‘blissDesigned’ started coming through. It was my first attempt at shining light on moments of unspoken bliss we all are capable of experiencing in our daily lives. It came as an inspiration from the ‘dictionary of obscure sorrow’ by a designer who formulated over 140 words on undefined sorrows. I realized how intimately I was connected to the sorrow-filled words, how we are so familiar with our pain. Instantly I felt that bliss deserves a dictionary of this sort. And so it was born!”
MURTIOUS
mUr-tee-uhs (adj)
incapable of registering insult or flattery, uninjurable
Origin: Refers to the quality of Krishnamurti.
"Should not a wise man be indifferent to flattery and insult?"
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SAALM
sa-Ah-muh (n)
morning haze over sunkissed palm trees
Origin: Ahhhhh, the morning sun. S-a alludes to the sun. AALM - simple, ahhhh palm. Sweet morning moment of pure beauty.
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RA'AHN
ra-Ahwn (n)
visceral thrust to authenticity born out of agonizing hardship
Origin: Word formation comes from Farsi origin. Ravaan means soul in Farsi. Ah, in Farsi, signifies the release of an ache.
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SERAPHIS
the gravitational pull to kiss the seraphic cheek of your waking offspring
Origin: Seraphic, meaning angelic, ‘is’ alludes to a kiss.
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LLITOIKO
llEh-to-ee-koh (n)
a brief family bed-in
Origin: Word formation comes from French and Catalan origin. Lit means bed in French. Oiko means family in Catalan. And a touch of l’lil, alluding to brevity.
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PEDFOLY
pEd-fuh-ly (n)
endearing, asinine sense of accomplishment you feel crossing barefoot a long stretch of scorching pavement
Origin: ped - latin word root meaning foot, foly - la folie in French, silliness, craziness, madness. Cute! We’ve all done this and felt a sense of a silly sense of accomplishement.
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FUHANEKI
fuh-hAh-neh-kee (n)
the lightness, airiness of telepathy
Origin: Japanese Kanji design for this word: 浮羽根氣, meaning: floating feathers Qi
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O’LLUTION
o-lU-shun (n)
The dissolution you feel when you surrender all your gravity to water.
Origin: Eau, reads as O in French, lution alludes to dissolution.
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CHEZSOIZE
shEh-suah-zuh (n)
lounging furniture that conforms precisely to the contours of your body, and into which you sink
in complete surrender
Origin: French, ‘chez soi’ means at home, at ease.
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HIRAZ
hee-rAaz (n)
one person race, solo race, a race with no one but yourself
Origin: ‘hi’ comes from Japanese hitori 一人 meaning ‘one human’. Raz alludes to ‘race, but in fact, Raz in Hebrew means ‘secret’. ‘The secret is: all challenges, all competitions are in fact - with and within yourself. What a relief! What bliss!‘
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RAVAANAH
ruh-vAa-nah(n)
Origin: Ravaan means soul in Farsi. Ah, in Farsi, signifies the release of an ache. Ahhhh… feel it? Finding your soul-sourced beloved is the eternity’s deepest soulagement, the release of the ultimate existential ache.
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TÖÖKIO
TuooH-Kee-oh (n)
work aligned with one’s calling
Origin: TÖÖ means work in Estonian. Japanese 貴 (ki) meaning "expensive" combined with 央 (o) meaning "centre, middle"
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WIGELO
hilarious butt-wiggle of your dog greeting you, dog tail wiggling the whole butt
Origin: wiggle-hello! essentially
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KOYOCOGI
koh-yO-koh-ghee(v)
feeling your thoughts
Origin: koyo: Feeling in Javanese, and Cogi: Thought root in Latin
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PROFEJROR
pro-fay-roar (n)
druidic ambiance of bearded men
Origin: Prophesy, prophetic - druidic, Roar - masculine
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