# English needs some new words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-needs-some-new-words/743786>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 21, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-needs-some-new-words/743786 "2016-01-21T16:17:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-needs-some-new-words/743786/21 "2016-01-22T04:07:25Z")

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(Acclaim? Proclaim. Hey, English is only my third language, after Norwegian and Martian.)

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-needs-some-new-words/743786/22 "2016-01-22T04:21:37Z")

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> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> I want a word for the specific kind of resentment, despair and depression that is caused by one’s friends being successful.

Being successful or being rich - people often conflate the two as if they mean the same thing. I don’t think they do.

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-needs-some-new-words/743786/23 "2016-01-22T04:24:26Z")

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> [@Isamu](#):
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> Being successful or being rich - people often conflate the two as if they mean the same thing. I don’t think they do.

Sure, whatever. I’m capable of hating my friends for either, or both.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-needs-some-new-words/743786/24 "2016-01-22T07:41:28Z")

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Can’t we just pillage some words from other languages, like last time (and the time before…)?

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