Trumspringa

Trumspringa

n.
the longing to wander off your career track in pursuit of a simple life—tending a small farm in a forest clearing, keeping a lighthouse on a secluded atoll, or becoming a shepherd in the mountains—which is just the kind of hypnotic diversion that allows your thoughts to make a break for it and wander back to their cubicles in the city.

German Stadtzentrum, “city center” + Pennsylvania German Rumspringa, “hopping around.” Rumspringa is a putative tradition in which Amish teens dip their toes in modernity for a while before choosing whether to commit to the traditional way of life. Pronounced “truhm-spring-guh.”

Licotic

Vulture Shock

Kairosclerosis

Ne’er-Be-Gone

Looseleft

Fitzcarraldo

Occhiolism

Rückkehrunruhe

Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

La Cuna

Wildred

Ameneurosis

Aubadoir

Ringlorn

Chrysalism

Justing

Treachery Of The Common

Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Hobsmacked

Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Flashover

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Deep Gut