These days I’ve invested much of my time in words — the written sort, rather than spoken [there have too many of those already]. And I’ve become more cautious about their use; it’s often useful to find the etymology and, perhaps, in doing so, to give it more genuine meaning. The word very early this morning was “pang”, which I cannot recall having used in multiple decades.
pang1
/paNG/
noun
noun: pang; plural noun: pangs
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a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion.“Lindsey experienced a sharp pang of guilt”
Origin
late 15th century: perhaps an alteration of prong.