Alexander Seibt
AutisticTeacherGriffLearned a new word today:
respair
From the 16th century. It means "fresh hope, and recovery from despair."
I wish you all a year filled with respair.
Please feel free to pass it on to others; this one needs to be spread around, I think.
aœ@TeacherGriff @ianrosewrites An article from Dec 2021 highlighted the expression „respair“ with the intent to bring it back (last paragraph).
As a first step I told my spelling dictionary to accept „respair“.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/26/respair-cacklefart-positive-words-english-language
As a first step I told my spelling dictionary to accept „respair“.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/26/respair-cacklefart-positive-words-english-language
Marge吴静玫@TeacherGriff @whatshisays Nice! Thanks for sharing.
https://www.waywordradio.org/respair-return-to-hope/
https://www.waywordradio.org/respair-return-to-hope/
Bean@TeacherGriff This is wonderful information to me - I use the word despair very frequently, so it'll be nice to have a positive alternative to it. Perhaps this year I shall endeavour to use despair less and repair more. :]
[⊨-144254][T-01-03-120] "Naya"@TeacherGriff a similar word has been stuck in my head for years now. "Respite". Specifically the darkest dungeon ancestor quote "A moment of respite, a chance to steel oneself against the coming horrors"
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦@TeacherGriff ok this is the first time i see such an awesome portmanteau in the English language. thanks for sharing!
✨buff dog himbo✨@TeacherGriff so where is the original "spair" which gets "de'd" and "re'd" in "despair" and "respair"? 🤔
Stainless Steel Raziel@TeacherGriff I am adopting this word
ArtemesiaI would take "respair" to mean, hovering over a hopelessly broken bit of gear and realizing there's something you can do yourself to fix it. Yeah, I portmanteaued the word.