heirloomdowsing
/ˈheəluːmˌdaʊzɪŋ/nounVerified NewAlso in: Erbewünschelrute (Deutsch) · varaherencia (Español) · héritbaguette (Français)
The intuitive craft of identifying which ordinary household objects will matter to the family in thirty years.
Heirloomdowsers walk a dying relative's home with a dowsing rod of pure instinct, divining which lamps and ladles are vessels of meaning and which are just ladles. They are wrong often and spectacularly right once. No method has ever been articulated.
Etym. — heirloom + dowsing — the search for value that no checklist can find.
Rel. — hobbyheirloom
Novelty check: APPROVE
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