Is there a word for this?

[noisyturtle]

That thing where you go into something with low expectations and it winds up not being as bad as you thought, so your association with it is actually more positive than it would've been if your initial expectations weren't so low.

Is there a word for this phenomenon, maybe in another language?

[anoxy]

[Techno Trousers]

Pleasantly surprised?

[Novus]

Love

[noisyturtle]

Was looking for something more along the lines of a word or short phrase, like schadenfreude.

[JoeC]

[RabRhee]

I can't think of a single word that covers it, nor any familiar phrase. Maybe reprieve sort of, but doesn't convey the buzz from such a situation.

Unwarranted pessimism?
Grabbing a win from the jaws of apathy?


I think you should invent one and try get it out there.

[tp4tissue]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

perhaps this type of convoluted definition would've only required a single word when during the print era, where price is at a premium, and space saving was necessary.

This is the case with highly compressed early languages such as chinese..  you can fit more stuff in short space..  HOWEVER the down side was, everyone now had to memorize a longer list of definitions and related meanings.


So.. American english being developed LATER without as much constraint post industrialization...  this would've steered the language away from having to create shorter words to save space.

[noisyturtle]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

perhaps this type of convoluted definition would've only required a single word when during the print era, where price is at a premium, and space saving was necessary.

This is the case with highly compressed early languages such as chinese..  you can fit more stuff in short space..  HOWEVER the down side was, everyone now had to memorize a longer list of definitions and related meanings.


So.. American english being developed LATER without as much constraint post industrialization...  this would've steered the language away from having to create shorter words to save space.

I find languages with Germanic roots usually have some really fun and oddly specific words. Like "dépaysement"[the feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country] and "saudade"[the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost].

[Novus]

Where's Freud when you actually need him :/

[paicrai]

****ing relatives i bet

[RabRhee]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

perhaps this type of convoluted definition would've only required a single word when during the print era, where price is at a premium, and space saving was necessary.

This is the case with highly compressed early languages such as chinese..  you can fit more stuff in short space..  HOWEVER the down side was, everyone now had to memorize a longer list of definitions and related meanings.


So.. American english being developed LATER without as much constraint post industrialization...  this would've steered the language away from having to create shorter words to save space.

I find languages with Germanic roots usually have some really fun and oddly specific words. Like "dépaysement"[the feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country] and "saudade"[the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost].

I read about one recently, German is great for portmanteau words.

Kummerspeck - A German word which means "excess weight due to emotional overeating", the literal translation - "grief bacon"

This search for a phrase is heading towards "the meaning of liff".

[Oobly]

Pleasantly surprised?

^^This... It's almost "serendipity", but not quite.

[fohat.digs]

Pleasantly surprised?

^^This... It's almost "serendipity", but not quite.

Pleasantly surprised is just about it, with a dollop of "relieved" on the side.

What you described does not rise to anywhere near the level of serendipity, which I would reserve for truly "special" occurrences.

When my kids were little, they started using the term "happy accidents" but that does not fit, here.

[paicrai]

overachieve

[tp4tissue]

Pleasantly surprised?

^^This... It's almost "serendipity", but not quite.

Pleasantly surprised is just about it, with a dollop of "relieved" on the side.

What you described does not rise to anywhere near the level of serendipity, which I would reserve for truly "special" occurrences.

When my kids were little, they started using the term "happy accidents" but that does not fit, here.

wha....   did you accidentally tell your kids that they were happy-accidents....

[Techno Trousers]

I find languages with Germanic roots usually have some really fun and oddly specific words. Like "dépaysement"[the feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country] and "saudade"[the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost].

Hmm.. I'd say "homesickness" is a decent and maybe more versatile English equivalent of "dépaysement," and "nostalgic" sounds like a direct synonym for "saudade," at least how you have defined them.

[noisyturtle]

How bout a word for that uncomfortably icky feeling you get when someone with blocked sinus speaks in a super nasally voice.

[berserkfan]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

perhaps this type of convoluted definition would've only required a single word when during the print era, where price is at a premium, and space saving was necessary.

This is the case with highly compressed early languages such as chinese..  you can fit more stuff in short space..  HOWEVER the down side was, everyone now had to memorize a longer list of definitions and related meanings.


So.. American english being developed LATER without as much constraint post industrialization...  this would've steered the language away from having to create shorter words to save space.

I find languages with Germanic roots usually have some really fun and oddly specific words. Like "dépaysement"[the feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country] and "saudade"[the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost].

I read about one recently, German is great for portmanteau words.

Kummerspeck - A German word which means "excess weight due to emotional overeating", the literal translation - "grief bacon"

This search for a phrase is heading towards "the meaning of liff".

I prefer German words with at least 30 letters. That is more fun!

[Techno Trousers]

How bout a word for that uncomfortably icky feeling you get when someone with blocked sinus speaks in a super nasally voice.

PhonoSquidwardPhobia

[dorkvader]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

Lots of words don;t exist. I tend to think a little abstractly, so I run into this issue daily. My recourse is to adapt another word that's similar, or just string a bunch of hyphenated words together to try to give voice to the idealized concept.

[tp4tissue]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

Lots of words don;t exist. I tend to think a little abstractly, so I run into this issue daily. My recourse is to adapt another word that's similar, or just string a bunch of hyphenated words together to try to give voice to the idealized concept.

I think situations where you're looking for 1 word to say many things is the natural tendency of the brain trying to compress information..

Out data storage medium is the sux... so heavy compression is required..   notice how Fuzzy our recollection is..

[paicrai]

overachieve

[noisyturtle]

That thing where you start to type a long story that relates to something someone is talking about in a thread, but then after a few sentences you grow completely apathetic, say **** it, and delete the whole thing because finishing it is too much work and it was a ****ty story anyway.

[tp4tissue]

That thing where you start to type a long story that relates to something someone is talking about in a thread, but then after a few sentences you grow completely apathetic, say **** it, and delete the whole thing because finishing it is too much work and it was a ****ty story anyway.

Indolence..

[FrostyToast]

I'm trying to think why such a word doesn't exist..

perhaps this type of convoluted definition would've only required a single word when during the print era, where price is at a premium, and space saving was necessary.

This is the case with highly compressed early languages such as chinese..  you can fit more stuff in short space..  HOWEVER the down side was, everyone now had to memorize a longer list of definitions and related meanings.


So.. American english being developed LATER without as much constraint post industrialization...  this would've steered the language away from having to create shorter words to save space.

I find languages with Germanic roots usually have some really fun and oddly specific words. Like "dépaysement"[the feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country] and "saudade"[the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love and which is lost].

English is a language with German roots....

[intelli78]

The opposite of disappointing... appointing?