{"id":939,"date":"2025-12-26T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2025-12-26T18:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:31:10","slug":"alpenglow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/?p=939","title":{"rendered":"alpenglow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-285 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pizzanpopcorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_0013.png?resize=137%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"137\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/alpenglow\">[<em data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"127\">al-puhn-gloh]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><label><input checked=\"checked\" type=\"radio\" value=\"phonetic\" \/>Phonetic (Standard) <\/label><label><input type=\"radio\" value=\"ipa\" \/>IPA (Bitter Japanese beer)<\/label><\/p>\n<fieldset><\/fieldset><fieldset><strong>noun\u00a0 <\/strong>That dreamy reddish glow you see on mountaintops just before sunrise or right after sunset \u2014 think <em data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"335\">that moment in nature that looks like it was filtered by an Instagram influencer on espresso.<\/em><\/fieldset><fieldset><\/fieldset><fieldset><\/fieldset><fieldset><\/fieldset><fieldset>EXPLANATION\n<p><strong>Alpenglow<\/strong> is the warm, rosy light that bathes the peaks of mountains when the sun is just below the horizon, picture Dolly Parton as the sun rises. It\u2019s like nature\u2019s special effects team decided to throw a <em data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"588\">rom-com sunset<\/em> on the hardest-to-reach places on Earth. Dolly can keep her <em data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"663\">pink horse<\/em>, this is the real aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Origin of\u00a0 <\/strong>1870\u201375; &lt; German\u00a0<em>Alpengl\u00fchen (Alpen-Glue),<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0glow\u00a0replacing German\u00a0<em>gl\u00fchen<\/em>he (Alpen-man) word comes from German \u2014 \u201cAlpen\u201d meaning <em data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"800\">Alps<\/em> and \u201cglow\u201d meaning, well\u2026 glow \u2014 so technically it translates to \u201cAlps glow.\u201d Which is cute, because now that word is free to describe every beautiful dinner-on-the-balcony moment when the woman of your dreams walks in and you start blushing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong>We were halfway through our pizza and I looked up at the sky \u2014 pure alpenglow \u2014 and swore the clouds were auditioning for the next Marvel villain story arc.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to use: <\/b>The numerous amount of Twin Peaks with the most beautiful of alpenglows I had ever 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