The Cabinet of Calm: Soothing Words for Troubled Times (Bookshop|Amazon) includes the term worldcraft, meaning “the unique skills, wisdom and experience that an older person has amassed in their lifetime.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Worldcraft, One’s Amassed Wisdom”
Here’s a wonderful word, worldcraft.
It’s a collective term for the unique skills, wisdom, and experience that an older person has amassed in their lifetime.
Worldcraft.
Worldcraft. Ooh, that’s nice.
Isn’t that nice? It was around in Old English and then it sort of laid dormant for a long time.
And then was revived at least a little bit in the 19th century.
Worldcraft.
Oh, I do like that.
That’s a nice summary of everything that you know.
Yeah, worldcraft.
I could see that being used in obituaries or eulogies.
Yeah.
Or video games.
War of Worldcraft.
