Word of the Day!

Jouska - noun.

I hemmed and hawed over creating an entry for this word. I first found it on a list of words circulating around Facebook. As we all know, many non-English languages have words for the intangible, like weltschmerz. Author John Koenig made up his own dictionary of words for intangible feelings. It's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

From jouska's entry:

a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head—a crisp analysis, a devastating comeback, a cathartic heart-to-heart—which serves as a kind of psychological batting cage that feels far more satisfying than the small-ball strategies of everyday life.

French jusqu’à, until. In baseball, “small ball” is a cautious offensive strategy devoted to getting on base via walks, bunts, and steals, forgoing the big home run moments that fans tend to enjoy. Pronounced “zhoos-ka.”