My husband Michael uses the word “dissettled,” which I never heard before I met him.
Here’s what I find when I search for “dissettled.”
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Dissettled is not considered obsolete or nonstandard in this household, perhaps because the world is so dissettling these days (and unsettling seems like too mild a world). Indeed, I feel like we have to make up new words to describe the unprecedented chaos created by a U.S. President.
Are you dissettled by any of my images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “dissettled” on YouTube:
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How dissettled are you, here and now?
Thanks to all who helped me create this dissettled post, including YOU!
I love this word and it makes perfect sense
It’s all very dissettling, beth.
Michael has it right, Ann.
He often does, Mark.
Checking Google, I find that unsettled means “lacking stability.” Dissettled is an obsolete form of unsettled, but I feel it is a little more than that. Dissettle has, to me, the feeling of settlement being stirred, of a settled community being made less stable. Which is what I feel is happening both within and without the nation as I type.
Our nation is so dissettled, Barbara.
I’m feeling dissettled right now and I will be using that word. I’ve been reading Mythos by Stephen Fry and he has a footnote about Dis, a term for Hades, not being used much anymore. We’re in a world of discord, though.
We are in a world of discord, Chris, and it’s disgusting, disheartening, and disappointing.
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