Altschmerz

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Altschmerz

n.
a sense of weariness with the same old problems that you’ve always had, the same boring issues and anxieties you’ve been gnawing on for decades, which makes you want to spit them out and dig up some fresher pain you might have buried in your mental backyard.

German alt, old + Schmerz, pain. Pronounced “alt-shmerts.”

Ioia

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Leidenfreude

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Addleworth

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Vicarous

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Deep Gut

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Apolytus

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Proluctance

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Hiddled

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The Wends

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Viadne

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Fool’s Guilt

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Nementia

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Liberosis

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Punt Kick

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The Meantime

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Aesthosis

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Manusia

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Mcfeely

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Tornomov

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Anechosis

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Daguerreologue

Daguer-reologue

a man sitting in blurred silhouette at a desk

Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Hailbound

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Symptomania

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Nullness

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Arroia

people standing on a stage

Mcfeely

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