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.”

Siso

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Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Fardle-Din

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Aulasy

a blurry image of a house on the road

Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground