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.

Lyssamania

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Endzoned

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Candling

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Wellium

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Elsing

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Fool’s Guilt

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Viadne

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Flichtish

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Hiddled

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Fitching

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Rubatosis

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Tarrion

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Nighthawk

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Bareleveling

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Vaucasy

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Ioia

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Typifice

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Povism

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Eftless

a person with hands pressed on a window

Waldosia

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Achenia

a close-up of a bottle with an organic object inside

Sitheless

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Looseleft

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Ioia

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Foilsick

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Nowlings

a pile of black and white puzzle pieces

Present-Tense

a close-up of a stopwatch