Anderance

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Anderance

n.
the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally different angle than you—spending years looking at a different face across the table, listening for cues in a different voice—an odd reminder that no matter how much you have in common, you’re still in love with different people.

Dutch ander, another person, someone else. Pronounced “an-der-uhns.”

Los Vidados

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Vulture Shock

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Hemeisis

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Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Anticious

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Elsewise

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