Altschmerz

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Altschmerz

n.
a sense of weariness with the same old problems that you’ve always had, the same boring issues and anxieties you’ve been gnawing on for decades, which makes you want to spit them out and dig up some fresher pain you might have buried in your mental backyard.

German alt, old + Schmerz, pain. Pronounced “alt-shmerts.”

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