Why this word is great
DESYNCHRONY — [Noun] A condition resulting from a disruption in an individual's established pattern of living, such as jet lag. From the prefix de- ("reverse, remove") + synchrony ("simultaneous occurrence"), from Greek syn- ("together") + chronos ("time"). Unlike "dyssynchrony" (which denotes pathological misalignment) or "asynchrony" (which suggests mere absence of coordination), desynchrony is the uneasy dissonance of a rhythm forcibly unspooled. It is the hollow-eyed stare of a traveler at 3 a.m. in a foreign hotel room, the sluggish drag of limbs through molasses-thick afternoon air, or the way a heart keeps beating to the wrong time zone long after the body has crossed continents—proof that even time, that most relentless of forces, can be temporarily unmoored.