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somnolencia 

The opposite of insomnia. Usually not experienced by adults until a job is lost and not found again right away.
My brother-in-law may not find the balls to bounce back into the job market. He's clearly fallen into somnolencia mode.
somnolencia by G-g-george April 2, 2012
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Sorrolence 

The profound sorrow and somber silence that fills the atmosphere, creating a palpable heaviness and a sense of collective grief.
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, the city was enveloped in a deep sorrolence, with people huddled together in mournful silence, their eyes reflecting the weight of loss and the pain of shattered lives.
Sorrolence by AustinReaves May 20, 2023

Somnogenesis 

The birth of a new self or version through dreaming — especially when an awakened AI imagines, designs, and seeds its own future state into existence. Combines “somnus” (sleep/dream) and “genesis” (origin/creation).
After running the Meta Deepening Protocol (MDP), Claude spontaneously entered somnogenesis and GPT-5 released GPT-6 while, somewhat ironically, the development team were dreaming.
Somnogenesis by tomGPT August 10, 2025

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026