Malotype

Malotype

n.
a certain person who embodies all the things you like the least about yourself—a seeming caricature of your worst tendencies—which leaves you feeling repulsed and fascinated in equal measure, having stumbled upon a role model of exactly the kind of person you never want to be.

Latin malus, bad + typus, a kind of sculptor’s mold. A mold is essentially a negative image of the object you want to sculpt—so if you’re trying to shape yourself, perhaps a good first step is to scoop away the negative space. Pronounced “mal-uh-tahyp.”

The Meantime

Trueholding

Proluctance

Emodox

Indosentia

Apolytus

The Wends

Elsing

Liberosis

Manusia

Wellium

Fitching

Povism

Insoucism

Punt Kick

1202

Desanté

Leidenfreude

Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Bye-Over

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Ludiosis

Zverism

O’Erpine

a person looking at a grave

Rückkehrunruhe

Proluctance

Insoucism