On a scale from 1 to 10, depressing French words are… well, they’re depressing.
Malaise - a general feeling of weakness in the body? Downer.
Ennui - weakness or discontent due to boredom? Get over it. Start a blog. Buy an Xbox 360.
Je ne sais quoi - a certain… “I don’t know what?” Shut up. Figure it out. Figure out what you’re trying to say, and then say that thing. Gosh.
And just to put the icing on the cake, here’s a cartoon that is depressing. But it also made me laugh out loud (I have a sick and twisted sense of humor. (Oh, and this one us even more effed up.))
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So if you have this persistent feeling of ennui, a malaise of the spirit (if you will), and you feel like your life is lacking, that there’s something missing, a certain feeling of je ne sais quoi… get over it.
If I were forced to give depressing French words that have wormed their way into the English vernacular a numeric rating between one and ten, I would give them a 2.
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