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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 07:50 PM
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Help! I'm looking for a word
Edited on Sat Oct-01-05 07:50 PM by Rabrrrrrr
A word fopr the feeling of when a person knows time is short and has to deliver a final message and they know it's getting to be their last chance to do it (a mom dying of cancer who needs to confess something; or a mentor who is dying and wants to give the last bit of wisdom to his mentee).

Something like "a sense of urgency", but I don't think urgency is the word I am looking for.

I've been trying to come up with for about an hour, and the thesaurus hasn't helped yet.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 07:50 PM
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1. Desparation?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 07:59 PM
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4. Almost!
But not quite....
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 07:55 PM
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2. Closure? Denouement?
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 07:57 PM
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3. Sense of panic...
overwhelming urgency... relentless nature of time.... immediacy...need for closure...

that's all I can think of at the moment.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 08:01 PM
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5. Where did you see it last?
Edited on Sat Oct-01-05 08:03 PM by Misunderestimator
Maybe it's on your head.

On edit... I like Denouement... but I don't think it's quite what you're looking for.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 08:01 PM
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6. Urgent finality.
I don't think there is any one exact word for what you're describing. Go to the poets if you want an artistic phrase.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 08:10 PM
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7. Something that's like a dying declaration, but urgent?
Edited on Sat Oct-01-05 08:12 PM by SOteric
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:54 PM
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12. But it doesn't have to be dying
Just any time the person knows the time is short, and this is their last chance to do whatever.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 08:12 PM
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8. final admonition, final exhortation? nt
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 08:55 PM
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9. Crisis point? Absolute urgency? Man, that's a tough one.
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A HERETIC I AM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:09 PM
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10. Catharsis
definition of Catharsis

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A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

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The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by reestablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 09:53 PM
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11. No, definitely not that
It's more in the realm of urgency
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 10:02 PM
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13. Got it! Exigency!!
YAY!!

God I hate it when I can't find the word that I already know, but my brain won't serve it to me. I've been noticing a lot more of that in the last month or so.

Do you think is a warning sign of some sort? Not enough rest? Possible medical problem? I'm not even 40, so this seems rather young to be so often stuck for words. It's been happening like every other day or so.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 10:07 PM
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14. Maybe you should try
Dianetics?

Or have a basic physical. Too much glucose, too much cholesterol, not enough vitamins or exercise can all lead to brain fog.

Becoming vegetarian helped my concentration powers a lot. However, going on a veggie diet of Pringles and Red Bull reversed my gains! :-(
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-05 10:15 PM
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15. Of course! I should immediately have thought Scientology!
:P

Probably I should get a physical. I have been delinquent in that area.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 12:22 AM
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16. Fucking fuck!
That pretty well fits everything
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Lilyhoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 12:34 AM
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17. "The night was sultry."
:rofl:











Sorry, I know you are being serious, but I could'nt help myself.

Incase you are not familiar it is from Throw Momma From The Train.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 01:07 AM
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18. I thought it was moist?
:rofl:
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Lilyhoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-02-05 02:21 AM
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19. Momma says
"The night was sultry." In her raspy impatient voice.

Love that movie.
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