Anechosis

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Anechosis

n.
a state of exhaustion with continually being told what you want to hear, whether by marketers pandering to you or acquaintances afraid of causing offense; the longing for someone to have the heart to finally call you out on your bullshit, challenge your long-held assumptions, and push you to become a better person—which would be a far deeper kindness than trying to live and let live.

From an-, against + echoes. Pronounced “an-uh-koh-sis.”

Tillid

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Jouska

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Aesthosis

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Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Liberosis

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