orsinian's definitions
Pronunciation:
/ˈɛn.tɚ.kɔrs.ɪd.nɪs/
(EN-ter-cors-ed-ness)
Definition:
1. The state of being deeply and often permanently tangled or changed through intimate, emotional, or psychological exchange.
2. A kind of altered or surreal condition where people, thoughts, or experiences blend and overlap so much that the boundaries between them become unclear.
3. A poetic way to describe being marked or changed by connection, a lasting impression that stays with you after the encounter.
Etymology:
The word comes from “intercourse,” in its older meaning of communication or interaction between beings. Adding “-ed” suggests that the action has already happened and left a mark, while “-ness” turns it into a state of being. Together, the word describes what it feels like to carry the lasting effect of deep connection, whether mental, emotional, spiritual, or existential.
Why it's important:
While words like “connection” or “intimacy” describe moments or feelings, intercoursedness points to something more lasting and deeper—a fusion that leaves a permanent trace and changes who you are. It fills a gap between just meeting or knowing someone and being truly and irreversibly altered by that experience.
/ˈɛn.tɚ.kɔrs.ɪd.nɪs/
(EN-ter-cors-ed-ness)
Definition:
1. The state of being deeply and often permanently tangled or changed through intimate, emotional, or psychological exchange.
2. A kind of altered or surreal condition where people, thoughts, or experiences blend and overlap so much that the boundaries between them become unclear.
3. A poetic way to describe being marked or changed by connection, a lasting impression that stays with you after the encounter.
Etymology:
The word comes from “intercourse,” in its older meaning of communication or interaction between beings. Adding “-ed” suggests that the action has already happened and left a mark, while “-ness” turns it into a state of being. Together, the word describes what it feels like to carry the lasting effect of deep connection, whether mental, emotional, spiritual, or existential.
Why it's important:
While words like “connection” or “intimacy” describe moments or feelings, intercoursedness points to something more lasting and deeper—a fusion that leaves a permanent trace and changes who you are. It fills a gap between just meeting or knowing someone and being truly and irreversibly altered by that experience.
“Their connection wasn’t just conversation- it was intercoursedness. Like they had entered each other’s minds and never fully left.”
“The song left something behind that I couldn’t shake. That’s the kind of intercoursedness I look for in art.”
“After everything we’ve been through, even silence feels full of intercoursedness.”
“Even a short meeting gave Orson intercoursedness, a lasting impression he couldn’t shake.”
“The song left something behind that I couldn’t shake. That’s the kind of intercoursedness I look for in art.”
“After everything we’ve been through, even silence feels full of intercoursedness.”
“Even a short meeting gave Orson intercoursedness, a lasting impression he couldn’t shake.”
by orsinian October 19, 2025
Get the intercoursednessmug. Pronunciation:
/ˌlɛk.sɪ.kən.nəˈswɑr/
(LEK-si-kon-nuh-SWAR)
Definition:
1. A wordsmith who effortlessly invents, blends, or manipulates language to create words with intuitive, precise, or novel meanings.
2. Someone with deep mastery and appreciation of words, not just using them but shaping them into entirely new concepts.
3. A creator of lexicons—someone whose vocabulary expands the way people think, speak, or feel.
Etymology:
From lexicon (a collection of words or vocabulary) + connoisseur (a person with expert knowledge or refined taste). Literally, a master of words and their creative possibilities.
Why it’s important:
A lexiconnoisseur doesn’t just communicate—they innovate reality through language. By coining terms, bending definitions, or blending sounds and meanings, they provide new tools for thought, art, and expression. Ordinary vocabulary is static; lexiconnoisseurs make it alive.
/ˌlɛk.sɪ.kən.nəˈswɑr/
(LEK-si-kon-nuh-SWAR)
Definition:
1. A wordsmith who effortlessly invents, blends, or manipulates language to create words with intuitive, precise, or novel meanings.
2. Someone with deep mastery and appreciation of words, not just using them but shaping them into entirely new concepts.
3. A creator of lexicons—someone whose vocabulary expands the way people think, speak, or feel.
Etymology:
From lexicon (a collection of words or vocabulary) + connoisseur (a person with expert knowledge or refined taste). Literally, a master of words and their creative possibilities.
Why it’s important:
A lexiconnoisseur doesn’t just communicate—they innovate reality through language. By coining terms, bending definitions, or blending sounds and meanings, they provide new tools for thought, art, and expression. Ordinary vocabulary is static; lexiconnoisseurs make it alive.
“Orson deserves recognition by Merriam-Webster as the lexiconnoisseur he is.”
“Becoming a lexiconnoisseur takes more than reading dictionaries; it takes daring to bend language itself.”
“Every new word she drops proves she’s a lexiconnoisseur, shaping how we think and feel.”
“Becoming a lexiconnoisseur takes more than reading dictionaries; it takes daring to bend language itself.”
“Every new word she drops proves she’s a lexiconnoisseur, shaping how we think and feel.”
by orsinian October 21, 2025
Get the Lexiconnoisseurmug. Pronunciation:
/ˈni .æn.dər.ˌθæl.ɪ.zəm/
(NEE-an-der-THAL-izm)
Definition:
1. The state or practice of tapping into raw, instinct-driven energy; expressing oneself in a primal, unrefined, untamed way.
2. Creativity, emotion, or behavior stripped of social rules, logic, or polish; letting pure bodily expression dominate thought or action.
3. A deliberate embrace of ancient, almost pre-human intensity in art, movement, sound, or life—an uncaged channeling of primal forces.
Etymology:
Derived from Neanderthal, the extinct human species known for their raw physicality and survival instincts, with the suffix -ism indicating a practice or philosophy. The word captures the idea of consciously accessing primal, unrefined human instincts as a method of expression or creation.
Why it’s important:
Modern life often dulls instinct and suppresses raw energy in favor of civility and polish. Neanderthalism fills the gap between mundane behavior and unfiltered, primal authenticity—it’s the tool for creators, performers, and thinkers who want to harness pure, bodily, instinctive power.
/ˈni .æn.dər.ˌθæl.ɪ.zəm/
(NEE-an-der-THAL-izm)
Definition:
1. The state or practice of tapping into raw, instinct-driven energy; expressing oneself in a primal, unrefined, untamed way.
2. Creativity, emotion, or behavior stripped of social rules, logic, or polish; letting pure bodily expression dominate thought or action.
3. A deliberate embrace of ancient, almost pre-human intensity in art, movement, sound, or life—an uncaged channeling of primal forces.
Etymology:
Derived from Neanderthal, the extinct human species known for their raw physicality and survival instincts, with the suffix -ism indicating a practice or philosophy. The word captures the idea of consciously accessing primal, unrefined human instincts as a method of expression or creation.
Why it’s important:
Modern life often dulls instinct and suppresses raw energy in favor of civility and polish. Neanderthalism fills the gap between mundane behavior and unfiltered, primal authenticity—it’s the tool for creators, performers, and thinkers who want to harness pure, bodily, instinctive power.
“The vocalist abandoned all syntax, letting their inner neanderthalism roar through the speakers.”
“Some days, I just need to embrace neanderthalism and smash through the rules holding me back.”
“Some days, I just need to embrace neanderthalism and smash through the rules holding me back.”
by orsinian October 21, 2025
Get the Neanderthalismmug.