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I'm not talking about the feeling of happiness, but rather the word. It sounds so childish, like saying bum-bum instead of ass. Whoever coined this word couldn't have been older than five years. Every other emotion's name sounds so mature - sad, angry, scared, aroused, jealous - and then there's happy. There's no way I can say the word happy and not have this play in my head.
We should replace it with something else. How about lytic, from the Latin word laetus? Or blissed, as in someone feeling bliss? Or contentuous, similar to being content? Or urox, from the French word heureux? Or even if you don't want to create a new word, there are still so many synonyms: Content, delighted, gleeful, glad, pleased - literally anything will do.
interesting bc "happy" to me seems fine for communicating "im feeling a good emotion im not going to specify further." like "im happy for you" or "im happy with how things turned out" or "im happy to have a job in this field." every other word for happy seems too specific for that use.
meanwhile, "sad" to me sounds like something i would only say to a child. like, if its something worth being sad about, id call it "grief" or "trauma." if its something minor maybe "disappointed" or "somber" if its literally just that "look out a window and reminisce" vibe. and for vague "im not feeling good about it" i just say unhappy usually. "im unhappy with your performance" or "im unhappy at work."
"sad" lmao im sorry is the baby sad? awww poor baby is sad. stfu
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