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.”

Anticious

a group of men in hats looking at elevated signage

Zielschmerz

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Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Kenaway

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Fygophobia

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