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.”

Anti-Aliasing

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Catoptric Tristesse

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Monachopsis

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Wytai

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Amuse-Douche

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Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Lockheartedness

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Kinchy

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Kuebiko

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Momophobia

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Gaudia Civis

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Hailbound

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Allope

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Eisce

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The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Anecdoche

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Adronitis

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Aftergloom

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Fawtle

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Kuebiko

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Ameneurosis

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Midding

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The Standard Blues

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Appriesse

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Tarrion

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Feresy

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Lap Year

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