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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The Til

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Aesthosis

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Lockheartedness

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Hobsmacked

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Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Exulansis

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Eisce

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Nodrophobia

close-up of a stained shirt

Keir

a snowy landscape with trees and a fence