Awkwardism

The state or experience of feeling socially uncomfortable, uneasy, or out of place; the internal sensation of awkwardness.

“I could feel the awkwardism creeping in when I entered the room.”

“ We’ve all experienced awkwardism at some point”

by BushTalks October 11, 2025

Awkwardnimity

An extreme case of awkwardness such as in meeting a new group of people for the first time.

The Circle of Awkwardnimity.

We stood together in complete awkwardnimity for an hour.

by TheManWithTheWord March 4, 2010