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.

Amoransia

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Watashiato

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Foilsick

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Redesis

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Mottleheaded

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On Tenderhooks

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Lackout

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Bye-Over

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Attriage

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Querinous

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Lookaback

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Antiophobia

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Immerensis

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Feresy

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Heartworm

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Hubilance

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Ironsick

a group of random devices

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Anderance

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Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Hem-Jawed

an abstract image of someone touching their face

Lookaback

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Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure