Foreclearing

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Foreclearing

n.
the act of deliberately refusing to learn the scientific explanations of things out of fear that it’ll ruin the magic—turning flower petals into tacky billboards, decoding birdsong into trash talk, defracting a rainbow back inside its tiny prism.

Danish forklaring, explanation. Pronounced “fohr-kleer-ing.”

Licotic

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Idlewild

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Jouska

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Trumspringa

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Foreclearing

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Looseleft

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Slipfast

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Justing

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Gobo

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Vulture Shock

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Occhiolism

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Merrenness

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Plata Rasa

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Ringlorn

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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Treachery Of The Common

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The Kinder Surprise

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Mottleheaded

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Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Hubilance

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Nachlophobia

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Kairosclerosis

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Desanté

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Fawtle

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Adronitis

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