Interesting words, issue six

Posting more interesting words into the void... here is issue six. It means I have posted thirty interesting words by now!  

interstitial: in general, existing in a small space between other things. Can be used metaphorically or literally. In architecture, it can specifically refer to space between the floors of a building where pipes and other mechanical systems go. The time between ordering something online and receiving it in the mail could feel interstitial. A building's lobby and elevator are interstitial spaces in the physical world between outdoors and one's intended destination inside the building. [I used the more general sense of interstitial in that sentence although it is an architecture-related sentence] 

peripatetic: wandering, itinerant; "traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods." The work of a traveling salesperson would be peripatetic. A portion of the book "Lolita" takes place during a peripatetic trip around the continental United States.

parasocial (behavior/relationships): A form of relationships or behavior that is one-sided and directed at a "persona," which originally referred to people in mass media such as on television. Now, however, social media allows us to form parasocial relationships with personas who are not necessarily the traditional celebrity or television personality. Parasociality is feeling like you know someone (the extent here can vary; some parasocial relationships may be stronger than others) based off their [public] persona as presented to an audience, even though your actual interactions with them may be entirely one-sided. The whole concept of parasociality is a relatively new one to me yet I do find it pretty interesting to think about. The opposite of parasocial is the less-common term orthosocial. It is possible that someone reading this blog post has a parasocial relationship with me. 

[I think the first time I remember coming across this word, it was in a tweet by Jeremy Munro]

alis volat propriis: This is a Latin phrase and the state motto of Oregon. It means "she flies with her own wings." Admittedly, it isn't particularly useful to know this phrase and what it means compared to some of the other words, but maybe someday I'll see it as a crossword clue. I am mildly good at crosswords. I saw "L'etoile du nord" (another state motto) as a crossword clue once and actually happened to know the answer despite never having lived in or visited the state it pertains to. 

disenfranchised grief: any form of grief that is unacknowledged or unvalidated by social norms. It is grief that is "not usually openly acknowledged, socially accepted or publicly mourned." If your possessions are ruined in a flood, you may experience disenfranchised grief. Even though none of their friends or family members had died from covid, they still felt some ambiguous disenfranchised grief due to the pandemic.