Is there a word?

[dhampyresa]

Is there a word for the feeling when you have an idea you're really proud of/you think is really good that you haven't seen before so you think it's new, then you see someone else do it (possibly even better than you)? There's gotta be a word, if only in German.

Comments

[ellenmillion]

OH, I know this feeling...if there is a word, I don't know it. (But it would be German!)

[dhampyresa]

Damn agglutinate languages, hoarding all the words!

[china_shop]

Feeling gazumped might be part of it? But I don't think it encompasses the whole.

(Your version of your idea will always be different and worthwhile -- or at least, that's what I tell myself.)

[dhampyresa]

I did not know the word "gazumped" before! That is definitely part of it, though.

(Oh yeah, in this case the two stories are different genres to start with, I just thought my use of the medium was more innovative than it actually is lol /brat)

[bunn]

I know just what you mean, though I don't know what the word is!

[dhampyresa]

Where's Welsh when you need it! :P