Austin Worx

Living Liminally, Languishing Literally

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Living Liminally, Languishing Literally Liminal — a nineteenth‑century word built from the idea of a threshold. It once belonged mostly to scholars, tucked away in discussions of ritual and psychology. But beginning in the 2010s and accelerating through the 2020s, it entered everyday language. People needed a word for the in‑between: for uncertainty, transition, and […]