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.”

Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Exulansis

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Ameneurosis

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Justing

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The Kick Drop

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Harmonoia

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Zielschmerz

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Mahpiohanzia

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Occhiolism

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Looseleft

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Plata Rasa

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Gobo

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Licotic

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Ghough

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Treachery Of The Common

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Ringlorn

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Momophobia

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Querinous

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Tornomov

a cloudy sky and landscape

Typifice

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Kinchy

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Desanté

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Kerisl

piles of old books scattered in an abandoned room

Evertheless

a person floating in water

Enterhood

adults with stern expressions holding a child