mauerbauertraurigkeit

/ˌmaʊɚbaʊɚˈtɹaʊɹɪɡkaɪt/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"I think the phenomenon is known as mauerbauertraurigkeit, which is an [in]explicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like."
"The more I learn The more different I become I begin to to^([sic]) feel mauerbauertraurigkeit On top of adronitis"
"‘Briggs!’ I exclaimed, suddenly getting an Mauerbauertraurigkeit urge."

Pseudo-Germanism, derived from Mauer (“wall”) + Bauer (“builder”) + Traurigkeit (“sorrow”). Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

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