Hanker Sore

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CHAPTER:
Montage of Attractions
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CONCEPT:
Gnossienne
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Tags:
Struggle-Conflict
Desire-Longing

Hanker Sore

adj.
finding a person so attractive it actually kinda pisses you off.

From hanker, to pine after something + canker sore, which gets worse the more you’re aware of it.

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Amoransia

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Hickering

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Thrapt

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The Mcfly Effect

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a blurry image of a person lying on a bed

Appriesse

a blurry image of a person looking at mounted images

Vicarous

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Indosentia

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Kuebiko

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Lackout

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Gobo

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