Mark@meditationstuff·Jul 22, 2021what is a more contemporary word or phrase that conveys the exact same thing as "hoo boy"36360
Mark@meditationstuff·Jul 22, 2021Replying to @vgrQuote TweetMark@meditationstuff·Jul 22, 2021Replying to @selentelechiaI feel it but it feels weird to express it with those words. Maybe I *do* have emotional concepts from the 60’s1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Jul 22, 2021Replying to @meditationstuffI have this theory that emotion words are like color names. They conjure into existence the thing they name. Like how Russian can’t quite see blue. “Hoo boy” creates the emotion it names. Any other word will create-name a different emotion. https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/sciencecommunication/2016/09/10/how-do-russians-see-blue-language-may-affect-how-you-see-the-world/…25