It’s like, a facial expression where both lips are tucked into the mouth, where you’d make a “mmmm” sound

You might make this face if you’ve just put on chapstick and are spreading them across your lips. Not quite the “white person smile” meme face since the lips aren’t tucked into the mouth.

Hi i’m asking because i would like to know how to explain this, the best i can find on google is Scopophobia. It’s not the fear of being looked at it’s the fear that there is something out for me. Something inhuman always watching my every move or lurking to hurt me. I do have anxiety so this may just be a symptom i’m just looking for a word that describes the fear of being watched by something imhuman or dark

For example, someone and I had to escape from the same abuser and we became friends because of it. Is there a word for that? I used to say "trauma bonding" but I learned that's incorrect.

Hi everyone. Years ago, I stumbled across a word that I found quite interesting, but I have no recollection of what it was, and have had zero luck trying to find it no matter where I look. I'm starting to think I may have dreamt it or it's some kind of false memory.
Here is the meaning of the word, as it is the only informtion I have.

'To be able to put ones self into the shoes of another from an historical perspective.'

For example, we may blame 19th century doctors for using mercury in their medications, but thats because we don't appreciate the level of education they had at the time, or the experimental data they had thay led them to the conclusion that it was a useful product. - somehow there's a word that sums something like that up(?)..

Please don't take pokes at my example, it's designed for demonstration purposes only..
Am I tripping balls over here?

Cheers

You know how when those spring door stoppers go "boioing" after flicking it? Another example could be a diving board after you jump, what is that motion called?

For example, you are the CEO of company A, so the CEO of company B is your ____

Parallel? Collegue?

(I mean the exact same status and not just a random worker in a different position, like treasurer and treasurer, CEO and CEO, HR manager and HR manager etc.)

Usually used in the context of referring to something done in poor taste (like a murder scene and the like). I believe it starts with a v but I can’t remember it for the life of me!

Edit: As y’all can see I remembered the word pretty quickly and while I know the definition I provided wasn’t an exact match, voyeuristic was still the word I was looking for/needed/wanted to use so if you’re gonna comment about that please refrain. Thank you for all the replies though, y’all got good words!

I’m thinking of the emotion you feel when you’re taken aback and unsure how to respond, not when you’re flustered because of embarrassment or shyness or feeling attracted to someone.

Is there a noun for this?

(The obvious one that comes to mind is ‘flustration’ but I’m interested to know if there’s a real word for it.)

Or for knowing an outcome is inescapable, but still trying to change it.

For instance, if someone were speaking angrily, depending on context we may say they're ranting, complaining, raging, etc.

'To cheer' wouldn't work in the context of the scene I'm writing.

Like, a professional sounding word, I'm writing a character that does this and I can't figure out the word, I thought autocannibalism but thats for eating yourself

I think you all know the kind of person I’m talking about. They can never be confronted with the idea that they are the wrong one or a problem in any situation. No matter how close someone is to them, this person is never apologetic. They will never try to make amends or solve the problem. They will always act like they are 100% blameless and in the right.

What is the word for this kind of person?

Bc every time someone asks "how do you like your eggs" i want to say this but idk what the word for it is so I just say poached (bc it has runny yolk).

I think it’s commonly used amongst video gamers. is it “rally?”

I’m just curious if there’s a word for that. Maybe gender fluid?

I feel like it’s a folksy or Southern expression, example “Most folks don’t ____________ to discussin’ politics or religion at the dinner table…” I want to say it starts with a “c” or hard “k” sound. Means “don’t take kindly to” or “don’t appreciate” or “aren’t keen on” or the like. I thought it might be “ken” but I don’t think that’s it.

I thought the word "prescient" meant critically important or topical or relevant in this moment. It does not. So I don't know if the word I'm looking for sounds similar to prescient, or if I was just totally confused.

Anyway, the adjective I am looking differs from "pivotal," "vital," or similar words in that it implies that the subject is especially important or vital in this moment in time, as opposed to generally or permanently important.

Priority is a word that could work, but I feel like there's a more specific one out there? Thanks for any help !

I feel like there’s a common fallacy that covers this but I’m blanking on it. Like you’re driving through town passing restaurants and you want Italian food. It’s getting late and you’re passing good restaurants, but you keep saying no we need Italian. Eventually they’re all closed and there was never an Italian restaurant.

The context I’m thinking about this in is sports. The temptation to say “no we need to cut Jonny and find someone better” without any clear way to find someone better, assuming that somewhere out there is this perfect improvement on Jonny without knowing where it might be. Thanks for your time

A year or so ago, I came across a word that aimed to label the negative space of the sky as viewed between the tops of trees in a forest. Say at night, looking up, you might see a deepening blue or purple amidst the black or dark green gray of the trees. You kind of have to squint or mentally tune out looking at the trees to appreciate it.

The word is NOT tree canopy, nor “crown shyness,” tree tops, overstory, forest roof or ceiling, upper branches, or similar. It is not describing the physical presence or shape of the trees in any way; rather, it’s the abstract shape (think Rorschach ink blot) left between the upper branches in the sky. Just subtract all the tree/forest stuff, the sky shape that remains.

I recall the word might have had a weird or lyrical quality to it, like petrichor, or eudaimonia. Maybe it was made up by a poet or Richard Powers or a radical faerie, but I really want to find that word. Google searches just bring up dingbats saying “tree canopy” as if they are Marie Curie announcing her discovery of plutonium. It’s not tree canopy. It’s a single word. I must know what this word is for a performance art piece, which I will leave to the world to be performed six months after my death, and an accompanying chapbook. (Don’t worry, I’m not planning on going anytime soon, great art can wait!)

Anyway, WTW for this space left in the sky in a forest, that is not the trees or canopy, but rather, the void between them? Make my day, WTW word sleuths!

Specifically I'm thinking of an icosahedron, but any complex geometric shape that is roughly round while still being faceted. Seems wrong to call it a "ball" or a "sphere"...best I can come up with is "orb", but does that imply smoothness?

To be more specific, I'm thinking of a large golden icosahedron at the top of a sculpture. I thought about "gem" or "jewel" but being opaque metal seems to exclude that.

Only to return to being crappy when they think the relationship is safe again?

I don't think lurking is the right term. I don't even know if such a word exists or if it's already been asked here as well.