Ecstatic Shock

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Ecstatic Shock

n.
a surge of energy upon catching a glance from someone you like, which scrambles your ungrounded circuits and tempts you to chase after that feeling with a kite and a key.

From ecstatic, deliriously happy + static shock, a charge of potential energy that builds up invisibly until it sparks across the air.

Fawtle

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Lilo

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Skidding

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Watashiato

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Zverism

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Bye-Over

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Amoransia

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Fensiveness

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Soufrise

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Hickering

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Thrapt

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On Tenderhooks

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Suente

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Rivener

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La Gaudière

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Hubilance

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Semaphorism

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The Mcfly Effect

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Lockheartedness

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Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Insoucism

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end

Aubadoir

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Offtides

close-up of a chromed metal object

Elosy

a blurry image of a person in a subway car

Future-Tense

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