Anomie

Literally, without law, a condition of disintegration of a society into individual components resulting from the absence of conventions, shared perceptions and goals. A social system describable as a mere aggregate, the state of maximum social entropy.

The Brady Bunch befell anomie when that fat maid left for vacation. When she got back, she had to clean up Marsha's mung, castrate all the boys and kick out the littest one's boyfriend, and hide the ugly wife's body. After which she looks at the camera and shrugs to a big audience laugh.

by Dustin Belleau September 6, 2003

Animism

1. The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena.

2. The belief in the existence of spiritual beings that are separable or separate from bodies.

3. The hypothesis holding that an immaterial force animates the universe.

I am an animist so I believe in animism

by Bitterheart April 5, 2010

anomia

The inability to retrieve the word for a concept

Dammit, what's that thing called again? I know it--it's on the tip of my tongue. Argh, my anomia is acting up again.

by Ron Blum April 21, 2006

añomio

an expression used when something/someone is cute or adorable in Spanish

añomio que linda!

by chiaseed July 6, 2018

anominy

The state of not having a word for a concept

1) Man, there's a great word for that in Swahili, but there's no word for it in English. We need to come up with a new word to take care of this anominy.

2) I had this great idea, but it was totally anominous, so I made up a word for it.

by Ron Blum April 21, 2006

animish

looking at someone or something with eagerness and want.

she's looking at him with animish eyes!

by Vanhelsing14 April 8, 2011

anominy

A concept in a state of anominy

“Taking pleasure in the misfortune of others” was an anominy in English, so the German word “ schadenfreude” had to be borrowed.

by Ron Blum November 14, 2019