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Help[Opinions] Re: Euphoria?
in reply to a message by Wish Fish
Could it work, yeah, but would it be good, no.
The connotations of the word that I'm familiar with, are that it's a diagnostic-ish euphemism - meant to sound neutral and detached, sort of like saying that something is "emetic" instead of saying it makes you sick to your stomach. And it means being high (on drugs), or happiness symptomatic of a manic episode, or gratification from being praised or desired, etc - a kind of short-lived, out-of-proportion, self-centered good feeling. Contrasted with "dysphoria."
Since it's still a classical word like Eugenia (which isn't bad, despite being basically the same word as eugenics) -
it's not really awful. Just not great, because of being more a vocabulary word than a name.
I personally don't like the sounds in it and would think it was unappealing. And I would not want to be named it.
- mirfak
The connotations of the word that I'm familiar with, are that it's a diagnostic-ish euphemism - meant to sound neutral and detached, sort of like saying that something is "emetic" instead of saying it makes you sick to your stomach. And it means being high (on drugs), or happiness symptomatic of a manic episode, or gratification from being praised or desired, etc - a kind of short-lived, out-of-proportion, self-centered good feeling. Contrasted with "dysphoria."
Since it's still a classical word like Eugenia (which isn't bad, despite being basically the same word as eugenics) -
it's not really awful. Just not great, because of being more a vocabulary word than a name.
I personally don't like the sounds in it and would think it was unappealing. And I would not want to be named it.
- mirfak
This message was edited 5/29/2025, 10:29 AM
