Bad Egg Philosophy
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“这个鸡蛋臭了，真难吃。”
A for Adabana
Adabana
Japanese"徒花". Flowers that only blooms but never bear fruits.
Alea iacta est.
Latin · HistoryThe die has been cast. The moment of irrevocable decision when fate is set in motion; by Julius Caesar as he led his army across the Rubicon river, and thereby beginning the civil war.
C for Chimera
Chimera
Greek · MythologyΧίμαιρα — a mythical creature made up of lion, goat, and serpent; (Figurative) a fanciful illusion that is wildly imaginative but ultimately unattainable or impossible.
Crepuscolo
ItalianTwilight. The soft glowing light at twilight when the sun is just below the horizon. (Figurative) Something fading, uncertain, or hazy; a period of decline or approaching end.
F for Flâner
L for Lacrimae rerum
Lacrimae rerum
Latin · Virgil"The tears of things." From the Aeneid: there is a sadness woven into the nature of all mortal things — not personal grief, but the recognition that impermanence itself is worthy of mourning.
Lebensmüdigkeit
GermanWeariness of life. A state of deep existential exhaustion in which one has lost the desire to continue living or striving.
M for Mono no aware
P for Palimpsest
Palimpsest
Greekπαλίμψηστος — scraped again. A manuscript whose earlier text has been erased and overwritten; (Figurative) things layered with traces of the past, where earlier meanings or histories persist beneath the surface of the present.
Pluviophile
Latin · GreekA person who finds joy, peace, or comfort during rainy days. From Latin pluvia meaning rain, and the Greek suffix -phile meaning love.
Q for Quippe vetor fatis.
R for Ricercare
S for Sehnsucht
Sehnsucht
GermanAn intense, inconsolable longing for something distant, vague, or unattainable — a place never visited, a self never realised. The ache that remains when desire outlives its object.
Sfumato
ItalianLiterally "vanished". Leonardo's painting technique of soft, hazy transitions without hard edges. (Figurative) The blurred threshold between what is real and what dissolves.
Sonder
EnglishThe realization that every individual you encounter has a life as vivid and complex as your own, filled with their own ambitions, routines, and worries. Coined in 2012 by U.S. writer John Koenig.
Sublunary
LatinBeneath the moon; things pertaining to the transient mortal realm, as opposed to the permanence of the heavens.
T for Thanatos
Thanatos
Greek · PsychoanalysisThe primordial death instinct that impels the soul towards stillness and oblivion.
Trompe l'œil
FrenchLiterally "deceive the eye". An art illusion that tricks the eye into perceiving a painting as a three-dimensional object; (Figurative) something that misleads the senses or the mind by presenting a convincing yet false appearance of reality.
U for Untergangssehnsucht
V for Verschlimmbessern
W for Weltschmerz
A Random Word
Adabana
"徒花". Flowers that only blooms but never bear fruits.