Crying shame in my mind! Monocle’s rock. If I wasn’t equally short-sighted in both eyes I’d want to try one. I suppose I could always get two..? Maybe we need to start driving demand?

Great post Meg, I might have a read of Liff this weekend :)

Liff had a word for the slightly unpleasant feeling of a seat warmed by a recently vacated bottom – would that do for the cat? Alas I cannot remember it and CBATG.

Aberystwyth ~ A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

which sums up my feelings about my ex-uni town [of Aberystwyth] perfectly.

#14 could be the point of no return.

But monocles, there are none!

Auntiemabel, scentalgia is a great word. Spot-on.

Graybo, I think there’s something in your dcbatgb theory – you’re right, it’s absolutely variable depending on what you’ve left behind. I look forward to seeing your workings!

Anyway, I think there is a term for the last one in your list. Surely it is post-purchase cognitive dissonance? Or post-playing cognitive dissonance. You have something shiny and new (the game)which should make you feel good, yet you feel disappointed with the outcome.

OK, so that isn’t a single word to describe it. Perhaps we could abbreviate it in some way?

As for number 12, the answer is surely not a new word, but a monocle? You just don’t see people with monocles these days.

As for number 14, pilots talk about vne (except they write the ne as subscript and I don’t think I can do that here), which stands for velocity (never exceed) – i.e. when you put an aircraft in a dive and it goes so fast that the wings fall off. I think we can agree that this would be undesirable.
Therefore, I propose that we refer to passing the dcbatgb (with the cbatgb in subscript) which stands for distance (can’t be arsed to go back). Obviously, this would depend on the object that had been left behind. For example, dcbatgb would be greater for keys or wallet than it might be for tissues or that birthday card that should have been posted yesterday anyway and is still sitting on the kitchen table. I’m sure I could devise some arcane formula to define dcbatgb.

A pair of glasses which has an entirely redundant pane of plain glass in front of one eye = Monobins (actually, there is a technical term for these, and having been one-eyed for some time now I should know it).

Meeting someone on a Monday and your heart standing still: Dadooronronrondadoronronnui

There’s a Japanese word I love, which is aware, which is the expression of the resigned acceptance of the passing of things.

Great post, Meg. It reminded me of one of my favourite phrases by Raymond Chandler: “She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight.”

“I’m in London!”, “I’m in south London!”, “I’m in Victoria!”, “I’m in Greece! Whoops, no I’m not!”

I. DO. NOT. CARE.

I think ‘grok’ is sufficient for #9; it’s probably time it moved outside of geek circles.

I definitely need words for #11 and #13, since they happen to me so often…!

The one that sticks in my mind is “The small squares or circles of card that get punched out of railway tickets by the ticket inspector: Didcots“