Arroia

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Arroia

n.
the wish that you could’ve enjoyed a dry run of your life—muddling through once quickly, then going back to do it all over again, this time for real.

Spanish arroyo, a dried-up streambed waiting for a storm, literally a “dry run.” Pronounced “uh-roi-uh.”

Anthrodynia

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Mahpiohanzia

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Foreclearing

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Indosentia

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Elsing

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Midding

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