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the moment your body forgets you're supposed to act cool about anything
means A feeling of intense joy, triumph, or high spirits that lifts you above your ordinary mood.
from From Latin *elatus*, the past participle of *efferre* — "to carry out, lift up" — built from *ex-* ("out") plus *ferre* ("to carry"). So at its root, elation is literally being carried up and out of yourself, the same *latus* that gives us "translate" and "relate." English took it through Old French in the late Middle Ages, where it first carried a whiff of pride and being puffed up, before settling into the brighter, airborne happiness we mean today.
- latin root
- from 'efferre,' meaning to carry out or lift up
- brain chemistry
- dopamine and endorphins flooding the reward circuit
- physical tell
- goosebumps from a music-triggered dopamine spike
- mania link
- clinical elation can signal a manic episode
- facial proof
- genuine joy crinkles eyes, fakes don't
for instance
apollo 11 moon landing — neil armstrong and 600 million viewers experienced pure elation on july 20, 1969