Emodox

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Emodox

n.
someone whose mood is perpetually out of sync with everyone else around them, prone to feelings of naptime panic, heart-to-heart snark, or dance club pensiveness.

From emotional + dox, not conforming to expected norms. Pronounced “ee-moh-doks.”

Desanté

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Symptomania

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Keep

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The Standard Blues

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Heartspur

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Aesthosis

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The Giltwrights

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Punt Kick

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Addleworth

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Sayfish

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Solysium

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The Wends

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1202

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The Meantime

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Insoucism

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Vicarous

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Proluctance

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Apolytus

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Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Amuse-Douche

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Adronitis

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Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Apolytus

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Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects

Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure