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Saw a word today that impressed me no end. I always just called it a feeling of being grateful and happy with your lot. Being very grateful for being one of the 'haves' and enjoying and taking satisfaction from the nice things you have around you.
Today i found that feeling is described by the word Ataraxia.
For Epicureanism, ataraxia was synonymous with the only true happiness possible for a person. It signifies the state of robust tranquillity that derives from eschewing concerns about an afterlife, not fearing the gods (because they are distant and unconcerned with us), avoiding politics and vexatious people, surrounding oneself with trustworthy and affectionate friends, realizing that the physical things one needs to be happy are few and that pain seldom lasts long, and, most importantly, being an affectionate, virtuous person, worthy of trust.
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One of my grannies words, i'd like to bring back into common use.
conniption @ Merriam-Webster
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@Punkin your a regular Tamworth renaissance man, mate. I didnt think people who lived in Tamworth could say big words like conniption. I thought they were stuck and G'day mate, and howsitgarnamate didyahavagoodweekend ? My mother used to say that word a lot. My mum who was from Gympie, the Queensland version of Tamworth was well educated by her father and spoke impeccable English. She still does. I love the word Temerity.
Love to throw this one into a sentence now and then too.
pandiculation @ Dictionary.com
I'm as drawling, whining oker as it gets. Only another week till Larry has to interpret Aussie for the Chinese and for other english and US English speakers as best he can. He's not much good at it but he gets the gist of most sentences.
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Truebluemateyabloody rippa. Cheers big ears. I am off to drink some nice rye vodka.
Kernouth mate, tooroo.
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Indeed. Punkin is quite the sesquipedalian
sesquipedalian @ Dictionary.com
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My favorite..............Legs!
HelpSpreadTheWord......
I like onomatopoetic @ Merriam-Webster
Great word, i'd be struggling to put it into a sentence in a natural flowing way, but if i made it my mates would call me LEGEND.
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Dissssssssssstilling is onomatopoetic...
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
Pandiculation.
I love to pandiculate first thing in the morning ;)
Damn! I was told it'd make you crazy, and maybe grow hair on your palms.
Zymurgy Bob, a simple potstiller
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