Emotion words are handy things. They help you put your experiences into neat little boxes–wrap them up into packages you can give others to share your perspective. Telling a friend you feel “sad” may ...

Feelings are fleeting but finding words for them brings solidity — or even solidarity — to moments both ebullient and dreary. Witness “languishing,” a word that flew across social media feeds after a ...

The phrase “I love you” carries an extraordinary weight, evoking a myriad of emotions that can transform relationships, lives and even self-perceptions. These three simple words — when spoken with ...

Have you ever had a hard time getting all your feelings out into the world? Well, what about the feelings of your characters? Aside from saying they're happy, angry, or sad, I often get stuck trying ...

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I came across a bunch of words, unfathomable at first, and none of them were English. These words had meanings dug from the deep crevices of our emotions. Undoubtedly, we would all have felt emotions ...

There’s nothing like migration to reveal how things that seem natural may be artifacts of culture. When I left India for college in England, I was surprised to find that pinching my Adam’s apple ...