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bilby commented on the word kenopsia
n. the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that’s usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet—a school hallway in the evening, an unlit office on a weekend, vacant fairgrounds—an emotional afterimage that makes it seem not just empty but hyper-empty, with a total population in the negative, who are so conspicuously absent they glow like neon signs.
- Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
February 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kenopsia
It's raining tonight and the sidewalks are empty,
The umbrellas are gone
And the streets are so lonely --
I lie here awake and the silence is thunder,
Even though you are gone
Your sadness remains.
A piece of a song I've been working on for some time.
February 21, 2013
erinmckean commented on the word kenopsia
oh hernesheir & bilby, I didn't know how much I needed this word. Thank you!
February 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kenopsia
Thanks to bilby for first listing and commenting upon the word that described a feeling I had not previously had a name for.
February 22, 2013
bilby commented on the word kenopsia
My first thought was of beach resorts in winter. Like Split. I spent 3 days there around Xmas 2003 and had a 50 room hotel to myself. Not to mention the promenade, the piazzas of the old town and the windy echoes of Diocletian.
February 22, 2013
ericdizzler commented on the word kenopsia
Kenopsia means: the eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet
March 8, 2023