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.

Fardle-Din

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Fata Organa

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Moledro

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Immerensis

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Dolorblindness

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Fensiveness

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Foilsick

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On Tenderhooks

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Hanker Sore

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Sitheless

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Mornden

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Amoransia

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Antiophobia

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Hickering

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Semaphorism

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Flashover

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Dorgone

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Gaudia Civis

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Thwit

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Kadot

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Drisson

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Aubadoir

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Mithenness

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Irrition

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Anecdoche

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Fata Organa

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