I’ve been combing the thesaurus and the dictionary for a synonym for “experience” (verb form). Did you know that, unless you have a very specific experience in mind (e.g. “feel” or “imagine” or “meet,” et al), there isn’t a good substitute? I need an adjective adverb form of “experience,” ending in -ly, and since there evidently isn’t one, I’ve been seeking a suitable replacement.
English — the language guaranteed to drive a person to distraction. This post is the evidence. 
Furthermore, did you ever wonder why, when you proclaim to love someone who isn’t related to you, you have to spend ten minutes explaining how or in what way you love them? Wtf? Why isn’t there a selection of words for various types of love? “I friend-love you.” “I omglust-love you.” “I adore-your-talent-love you.” “I fraternal-love-you.” “I you’re-so-hot-online-love you.” And so on.
I took a psychology class on Human Sexuality in college, and we had a discussion one day of the various ways to describe sex — intercourse, horizontal bop, fuck, screw, shag, and so on (You should’ve been there the day we described what masturbation meant to us, lol.) — and I spoke up about my complaint regarding the lack of ways to say, “I love you.” I said something like, “The Eskimos reputedly have a bunch of different words for snow based on what kind of snow they’re referring to, but we have one word for love? Wtf?” and promptly earned the nickname, “Doctor Love.” It followed me around for the rest of the semester. Amusing, but the problem, alas, remained unsolved as no one in our class could spontaneously create new and exciting words for love. (Just think of how many ways there are to say, “throw up.”) And the issue remains to this day.
My heart is sad. 
ETA: Regarding the above — as Gilda Radner used to say: “Never mind.”
I have a project for you folks, if you’re interested. Email me at sheta@rendingtheveil.com or leave a comment here, and give me your original terms for things that are poorly named or not named at all, and I’ll feature the good ones in an upcoming column for Rending the Veil. Bonus points for metaphysical terminology. Come on! I know you have it in you! 
Even if you have slightly altered existing words to fit better, lay them on me.
And let me know if you have anything good for “experiencially.” lol. Thankee. 
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Greek has something like seven words for love, though agape and eros are the two biggies. Isn’t “experiential” a word…? “Experientially” seems the natural adverb, or else the adverbial phrase “as experienced”.
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I tried “experientially” and I got an error warning in both Word and Firefox. It’s in the dictionary, of course, but NOT under “experience.” *headdesk*
What kind of editor am I that I don’t know strictly what an adverb is (or many other terms for words used in language). I am embarrassed. And I should be.
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I use “Spidey sense” to describe my extra sense(s?) about people. The feelings I can’t pin down, etc. I use headspace to talk about my thinking processes (i.e “My headspace is crowded” or “This makes for Sad!headspace.”) And I use Thinky to describe the type of thought I’m having, (i.e deep, reflective, or imparting wisdom type.) i don’t have a word for experience alas, but I’m all for making one up.
LOL I think “headspace” is a good one, and versatile. I venture to say that “spidey sense” is trademarked.
Doesn’t mean I still can’t use it.
It’s very, visceral and descriptive. It calls up a sense of what it is for me in my mind’s eye. 
As does headspace. A good word is a picture. -nods.-
No, I wasn’t criticizing, just saying I couldn’t use it in the column.
Oh I know you weren’t, I’m just saying why i favor it so.
When an entity, whether it be Goddess, God, spirit or other, says something through you that makes no sense to you but perfect sense to the receiver of the message. My word for this? Solspireka.
Meridjet says that one is a keeper. He’s also poking me, repeatedly, for “interrupting his chat with my obsessive editing.” Tell him I said, “Bite me.”
Oh wait.