Endzoned

Endzoned

n.
the hollow feeling of having gotten exactly what you thought you wanted, only to learn that it didn’t make you happy.

In sports, the endzone is the final goal, the end of the line—but at a certain point you have to drop the ball.

Kairosclerosis

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Anaphasia

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Licotic

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Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide

Trueholding

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Typifice

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