A word for the return
RyuuMaru Network · 2026
On the verge. All over again.
About to return or happen again at any moment; looming anew.
For events, developments, or cycles poised to repeat.
“The volcano quieted for an hour, but seismologists warned a secondary eruption was reimminent.”
“With the band tuning their instruments backstage, the roar of the crowd was reimminent.”
Poised to break into the present instant; on the absolute verge of being re-lived.
For memories, emotions, or nostalgia on the edge of returning.
“He stepped into the rain, and the phantom scent of ozone made the memory of that night reimminent.”
“She held the old polaroid, freezing as the exact feeling of that summer afternoon became reimminent.”
Reimminent is a living neologism formed from re- and imminent.
Something can be imminent: about to happen. Something can be recurrent: happening repeatedly over time.
We wanted a word for the breath-holding moment between the two. The second wave of a storm. A familiar feeling gathering at the edge of thought. The beautiful encore just before it begins.
Reimminent names that tension: the past at the threshold of the present.
“Sometimes, the past
is just about to become
the present.”The thought behind reimminent
02 / Word forms
About to return or happen again at any moment; looming anew.
“The encore was reimminent.”
Reimminent was proposed by RyuuMaru Network in 2026 to name the moments when something is poised to return.
This page records our intended meaning, its related forms, and examples of how to use it. It is our origin note, an invitation to carry the word forward.
This is a local prototype. Once the website is live, we plan to request a Wayback Machine capture and link to the dated snapshot here.
