And by that standard, I've seen some of my words (particularly 'sonder') used earnestly in many different conversations online. It becomes real when it's spoken and understood. A word is not like a gold coin that you bite to tell whether it's counterfeit, so you might be able to trade it for a mule. On the other hand, of course these words are real, because in reality there is no such thing. To answer that question, Koenig says (emphasis mine): "One answer is an obvious 'no,' because you couldn't find them in a leather-bound dictionary - and because I create them myself by twisting together word roots from any one of a dozen different languages, from French, Japanese and Mayan to my personal favorite, Greek. "I've been writing a dictionary of emotions for about five years, and still the most common question I get is, 'Are these words real?'" Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows creator John Koenig told Upworthy over email. \u201cHarry Potter Spells List\u201d - Harry Potter World Potter World) Its existence feels almost otherworldly, like spells from the mind of J.K. While some terms come off as, well, obscure, others seem to fill meaningful voids left by the limitations of language for common emotions. You'll find words like " Vellichor" ("The strange wistfulness of used bookshops") and " Adronitis" ("Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone") buried within the dictionary's six-year history. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, on the other hand, contains many useful terms that you won't find in a traditional dictionary. Still, in the mind of OED's editors, those words are just as real as any others. In June 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary added a handful of new words to its rolls, including "Interweb," "jeggings," "hot mess," "crowdfunding," and "cisgender." Will all of these words stick with us for the long haul? Almost certainly not. The truth is that language is ever-changing, and what one might say is a "fake" word today could very well be a "real" word tomorrow (or within a few years, at least). That leads to an entirely separate question: Whose dictionary? Merriam-Webster? Oxford? Cambridge? Urban? It's a word that's found in the dictionary, you might say. What a sweet way to honor his mother's memory and a heartwarming reminder to appreciate the people in your life while they're still here. After finding out this information, he now talks to the trees and even planted one in honor of his late mother. Their names were Daphne, Carl and Joseph, so while he assumed his mom was being weird, it turns out she was just grieving and talking to her children. It turns out that the man had three siblings who were stillborn, which his mother never told him about. From all accounts, it sounds like his mother was doting, but it was during his grief after her unexpected passing that he found out why she talked to the trees. The man's mom didn't take offense to his statement, she simply explained that the trees also needed to feel loved. "Sometimes I would even find her in the backyard having full-blown, one-sided conversations with the trees, and one day I told her that talking to trees like that was a little bit weird." There was Daphne the lemon tree, Carl the pomegranate tree, Joseph the oak," the man says.
"The strangest thing about my mom though is that she talked to our trees, and she even named them.
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