uncomfiness
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]uncomfiness (uncountable)
- (informal) Uncomfortableness.
- (Can we date this quote?), “The Cattle Show: From “Judy’s” Point of View”, in “Judy’s” Comical Pennyworths, page 5:
- Just so. How can the poor dear things do it? Oh, the uncomfiness to follow!
- 1924, The Expository Times, page 229:
- And when we think about Jesus, it’s all mixed up with that, and hard fresh collars, and uncomfiness.
- 1933, E. E. Cummings, EIMI, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press Inc., published 1958, page 393:
- we all now discuss from various comfy angles comfily to our hearts’ content a singularly uncomfiness called Russia
- 1989, The Literary Review, page 25:
- The insistent threat of his mother’s veins and imminent demise, the worries about the Rev Kev’s sexuality and the fate of his buxom spouse Cherylene, and the lesbianism, incest, and general uncomfiness towards his homeland are all laid bare.
- 2011 February 16, Chris Shaw, “From an “Innie” to an “Outie,” And Back Again”, in Street Sense, volume 8, number 8, page 11:
- I next felt the uncomfiness / Of my newly acquired / “Outie” status as I bumped belt buckles moving / My prized hired-gun-slash-“Bandido’s,” / -Slash- band leader’s so / Monster amps et speakers.
- 2020 September 25, Ana Valens, quoting brooke, “Otherkin are the internet’s punchline. They’re also our future”, in The Daily Dot[1]:
- “I started examining my relationship to gender and identity in general and kinda identified the lingering dysphoria/dysmorphia was a result of this… uncomfiness with being read as human, which led me to start questioning my humanity in the first place.”
- 2022 May 6, Claire Hosterman, “A ‘Hell of a Book’ review”, in The O’Colly, page 6A:
- I believe that, as someone who is not oppressed by their skin color, I can deal with the uncomfiness from merely reading about these hardships.
- 2022 June 20, Emma Lord, “43 Fast-Acting Products That'll Help Solve Some Of Your Biggest Summer Problems”, in BuzzFeed[2]:
- A foot file that'll remove calluses and hard or cracked skin from your feet with some gentle, pain-free rubbing, so you can wear favorite sandals without any extra chafing or uncomfiness.