Word of the Day for Saturday, October 1, 2011
weltschmerz \VELT-shmerts, noun:
Sentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one’s necessary portion in life.
Weltschmerz comes from German welt, “world” and schmerz, “pain.” The term was coined by Jean Paul Richter in 1810.================================
Those Germans…they have a word for everything. I mean, “world pain”? Come. On. How awesome is that?
