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.”

La Cuna

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Foreclearing

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Treachery Of The Common

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Kairosclerosis

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Merrenness

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Looseleft

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Zielschmerz

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Aubadoir

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Elsewise

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Exulansis

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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The Til

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Scabulous

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The Kick Drop

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Ameneurosis

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Amoransia

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Soufrise

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Gobo

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Ellipsism

a hand clawing at a wall

Redesis

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Hickering

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

The Mcfly Effect

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