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.”

Craxis

a tall house of cards

Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Catoptric Tristesse

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Furosha

a storm raging in the sky over a building

Scabulous

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Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window