A different take on euphoria by fiveplustwo

A different take on euphoria

I looked up "euphoria" in the OED and was mildly surprised at the second meaning they have given it. Here I am not taking cocaine but my Hay Fever spray, what a relief to find my symptoms easing very quickly thus imparting a sense of euphoria.

Meaning 2
1728–
Pathology. ‘A word used to express well-being, or the perfect ease and comfort of healthy persons, especially when the sensation occurs in a sick person’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). Now frequently in non-technical contexts: a state of cheerfulness or well-being, esp. one based on over-confidence or over-optimism.

(“Euphoria, N., Sense 2.” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1915256116.
I hope it helps the hay fever.
February 22nd, 2025  
A unique way to display this term. But when one is stopped up, one can get a bit light headed and perhaps euphoric too.
February 23rd, 2025  
@wakelys It does!
February 26th, 2025  
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