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profdant139
Explorer II
Dec 27, 2014

Boondocking and the idea of "dolce far niente" -- wow!

I just came across a reference to the concept of "dolce far niente" -- I had no idea what it meant. It turns out that it is an Italian phrase that means "the sweetness of doing nothing." It is not b...
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pnichols
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Dec 27, 2014
IMHO, no new words or phrases are needed. For comparison purposes to "dolce far niente", here's a redacted clip from my dictionary giving the meaning of the good old word "vacation":

"The act or an instance of vacating. vacationed, vacationing, vacations. To take or spend a vacation. Middle English vacacioun, from Old French vacation, from Latin vacti, vactin, freedom from occupation, from vactus, past participle of vacre, to be empty, at leisure."

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