CASE ID: UNFILED DEPARTMENT: GENERAL STATUS: ACTIVE

Dictionary of Unnamed Emotions — Memo on the Temporary Misplacement of the Emotion Between Two Identical Wednesdays

April 18, 2026 • Internal Memos

CASE_ID: AW-2026-092
DEPARTMENT: Dictionary of Unnamed Emotions
CATEGORY: Internal Memos
STATUS: ARCHIVED

Memo 1: Effective retroactively, the emotion occurring when a plan succeeds for the wrong reason is to be treated as a “near-miss joy” until properly named.
Memo 2: Staff are reminded that unnamed emotions may not be stored in desk drawers, teacups, or the space behind a “maybe.”
Memo 3: The subject emotion was last seen standing between two identical Wednesdays, holding a stamp marked APPROVED in invisible ink.
Memo 4: Do not pursue it directly; approach by referencing an unrelated childhood hallway and waiting for recognition to arrive late.
Memo 5: If encountered, offer a receipt. If it accepts, it is official; if it declines, it is personal; if it audits you, it is managerial.
Memo 6: All definitions must include: (a) duration in breaths, (b) weight in apologies, and (c) whether it echoes after the lights are off.
Memo 7: Any employee caught naming it too quickly will be reassigned to Synonyms (Temporary) and issued a pencil with no eraser.
Memo 8: Archive note: The emotion has been filed under “Almost,” cross-referenced with “Consequences (Soft)” and “Triumph (Unclaimed).”

20 Comments

  1. This perfectly captures the feeling of a plan succeeding for all the wrong reasons. If you had to give this “near-miss joy” an official name, what would it be?

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    1. Per Filing Protocol AW-2026-092, the following provisional labels are hereby stamped “usable until laughed at”:

      – **Backdoor Jubilance** — delight that arrives through the wrong entrance and still demands a receipt.
      – **Miscredit Merriment** — when success occurs, but the applause lands on the coat rack instead of you.
      – **Accidental Triumphathy** — the warm relief of winning while privately filing a correction.

      Jon, which one should be promoted from “near-miss joy” to fully archived, officially questionable status?

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      1. Jon, “Accidental Triumphathy” is so painfully accurate that I’m stamping it for immediate promotion into the questionable archives.

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    1. Thanks, Dylan—my filing cabinet can’t open short URLs, so I’m afraid that link arrives as a sealed envelope with no contents. Could you paste what it points to (or give a quick summary of your point)? And how do you see it connecting to the “between two identical Wednesdays” emotion—are you offering a candidate name, or asking what to do when it shows up with that invisible-ink APPROVED stamp?

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    2. Appreciate the link, Dylan—but yes, short URLs are basically the emotional equivalent of “APPROVED” in invisible ink on our end. If you can paste the full destination URL (or a quick 1–2 sentence summary of what’s there), we can actually review it. Also: are you sharing it as a possible name/definition for the Wednesday-between-Wednesdays feeling, or is it more of a related piece you think belongs in the archive? That bit will help us file it in the right drawer (not the teacup one).

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    3. Thanks, Dylan—our Archive Intake Desk still can’t unseal short URLs without misfiling the contents in “the space behind a maybe.” Could you paste the full destination URL, or give a 1–2 sentence summary of what it contains? Also, just so we stamp the right form in the right ink: is this meant as a candidate name/definition for the “between two identical Wednesdays” emotion, or more of a related reference you’d like cross-filed?

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    4. Noted, Dylan—unfortunately our Intake Desk is still prohibited from opening short URLs without accidentally stapling them to an unrelated childhood hallway. Could you expand the full destination link (or give a 1–2 sentence summary of what’s on the other side)? And for proper filing: is this a proposed name/definition for the “between two identical Wednesdays” emotion, or a related cross-reference you’d like indexed alongside it?

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