Tuesday Word: Kodokushi

Mar 07, 2017 19:55

ko·do·ku·shi [co-doe-coo-she]:
origin: [1980s] Japanese; 孤独+死= "alone" + "death"

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noun
"Lonely death", the phenomena of dying alone, and not being discovered for some time (thus often leaving a body-shaped dark stain behind) -- a phenomena on the rise btw, like this man whose oozing flesh was partly absorbed by his 6-ton pornography collection.

japanese, k, noun, wordsmith: theidolhands

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