Angosis

a table full of food

Angosis

n.
the malaise that results from having unlimited access to something, which only seems to drain away its value—a cheat code that ruins the game, a camera that holds a million random snapshots, or having so much free time that all your goals dissolve in it.

Maori ango, open + Latin angō, I cause pain or distress. Pronounced “ang-goh-sis.”

Wollah

a person with shapes raining on them

Hailbound

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Adomania

a person riding a horse

Mahpiohanzia

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Exulansis

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Insoucism

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