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From The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
n. the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place, as maladapted to your surroundings as a seal on a beach—lumbering, clumsy, easily distracted, huddled in the company of other misfits, unable to recognize the ambient roar of your intended habitat, in which you’d be fluidly, brilliantly, effortlessly at home.
The definition: The subtle yet nagging feeling of being out of place, not fitting in, knowing that the place you belong is not where you are.
March 30, 2016