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Is there a word for the happiness in finding the exact right word?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨clockworkrat@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

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  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Felicity.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This comment is felicity. Falicious? Shit…

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      • palordrolap@fedia.io ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The adjectival form is "felicitous". (fe-LI-si-tus)

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  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wortfindungseuphorie.

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    • rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sanankeksimisilo

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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Difference Between the Almost Right Word and the Right Word Is Really a Large Matter—’Tis the Difference Between the Lightning Bug and the Lightning

    Mark Twain.

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  • iii@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Eureka

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    • dontmindmehere@programming.dev ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      urethra! ☝️🧑‍🦲

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      • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That Sounds right

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    • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This is the right answer

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  • mechanismatic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You can coin a neologism if you can’t find an existing word.

    onomato- is a prefix that is often used to mean word or name felic- is a prefix that means happy ortho- can mean correct, but also straight

    So maybe orthonomatofelicity?

    Probably too long.

    Maybe just onomatofelicity?

    There are other roots you can find with similar meanings to mix up your own neologism.

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  • fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    i think there is, but i don’t want to spread associated cognitohazard

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  • ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Logophoria

    perhaps.

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Satisfaction.

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