Heartspur

Heartspur

n.
an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.

From heart + spur, a spike on a heel that urges a horse to move forward.

Leidenfreude

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Hiddled

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Candling

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Rubatosis

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Agnosthesia

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Bareleveling

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Apolytus

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Povism

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Tarrion

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Ioia

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The Standard Blues

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Heartspur

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Aesthosis

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Punt Kick

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Indosentia

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Elsing

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Nighthawk

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Proluctance

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Zverism

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Fawtle

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Heartspur

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Fygophobia

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Foreclearing

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Zielschmerz

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Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Fool’s Guilt

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Amoransia

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