Wordie: Ennui: Comments

Comment by dgstone, 6 months ago

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:16:15 +0000

Pronounced "ahn·new·ee." Gorey's Gashleycrumb Tinies was a stroke of genius.

Comment by Prolagus, 6 months ago

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:48:23 +0000

For Ennui is a growth of English root,
Though nameless in our language:--we retort
The fact for words, and let the French translate
That awful Yawn which Sleep cannot abate.
(Lord Byron)

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:28:45 +0000

Interesting to compare and contrast weltschmerz with ennui.

Comment by Sera, about 1 year ago

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:58:24 +0000

Gotta have ennui.

At one and the same time she wanted to die and to live in Paris.

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:37:50 +0000

thank you, gustave flaubert

Comment by Evin290, about 1 year ago

Sat, 19 May 2007 23:39:33 +0000

This always reminds me of the Gashleycrumb Tinies.

Comment by tankexmortis, about 1 year ago

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:59:25 +0000

Damn you nkocharh! I came here just to mention that line, thereby impressing the entire internet with my leet knowledge of counter-culture heroes. But I guess you're 51 days leeter than I.

Seriously though - best Gorey line ever.

Excerpt from a "Cartoon Planet" skit

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:27:12 +0000

Zorak: Brak, be honest now. Are you or are you not totally and completely nuts? Well?
Brak: I'm thinking!
Space Ghost: Oh, this is all so childish. So meaningless.
Brak: It's merely symptomatic of our postmodern ennui. There are no absolutes--unless you perceive our world as meaningless, when it's really your OWN freedom you detest! ... I like pork!

N is for Neville who died of ennui.

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:15:21 +0000

Thank you, Edward Gorey.