semaphorism
n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on the subject but don’t go any further—an emphatic nod, a half-told anecdote, an enigmatic ‘I know the feeling’—which you place into conversations like those little flags that warn diggers of something buried underground: maybe a cable that secretly powers your house, maybe a fiberoptic link to some foreign country.
see also: me whenever something medical gets brought up (well, when I’m not compelled to be all, Would You Like to Hear About My Life-Threatening Infection & Extensive Hospitalization in the Wake of a Ruptured Appendix?…which maybe I should bust out less often).
anyways, this is a good word.
(via hypocritelecteuse)
