Word: joying
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...Agnes is definitely a joy to work with,” Green declares. “She’s got a natural energy about her that’s really fun and bubbly...
...play whose main character is devoted to squeezing joy and life out of everything around her, and which could have been similarly strained by the pressure of opening a new institution, “Oh Dad” is remarkably sprightly—and a wicked delight...
...volunteers' death essays and found that they're sprinkled with positive words. "When you ask people, 'Describe the emotions that the thought of your own death arouses in you,'" says DeWall, "people will report fear and contempt, but also happiness that 'I'm going to see my grandmother' and joy that 'I'm going to be with...
...measure explicit affect and mood. Then they were given assessments of nonconscious mood: in word tests, volunteers were asked to complete fragments such as jo_ or ang_ _ with letters of their choice. Some word stems were intended to prompt either neutral or emotionally positive responses, such as jog or joy; others could be filled in neutrally or negatively - angle versus angry. In a separate word test, students paired a target word such as mouth with its best match: cheek, which is similar in meaning, or smile, which is similar in positive emotional content...
...pissed, but they quickly get over it and realize all the wonderful things about their city that they can actively, energetically participate in. Boston needs to learn that there is life after January, and that while sports are great, they are still only circuses, performed to give us joy but not the meaning of our lives...