Amuse-Douche

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Amuse-Douche

n.
an activity that you’ve adored since you were a kid—riding bikes, reading books, taking pictures, cooking food—whose enjoyment dissolves on contact with hardcore fanatics’ ferocious obsession with technique.

From amuse-bouche, a bite-size appetizer intended to tantalize the palate + douche. Pronounced “ah-mooz-doosh.”

Blinkback

a wall full of pictures and objects

Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Hobsmacked

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Anti-Aliasing

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Waldosia

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Thrapt

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