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.”

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Endzoned

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Nachlophobia

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