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.”

Nullness

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Amuse-Douche

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Momophobia

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Anaphasia

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Adronitis

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Hemeisis

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Hobsmacked

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Poggled

a person studying a book with a magnifying glass

Hailbound

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Routwash

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Harke

a dreamlike image of a person's face over water

The Giltwrights

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Grayshift

a spiral staircase from above

Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Antiophobia

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Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Symptomania

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