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.

Desanté

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Fitching

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Apolytus

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Keep

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Loss Of Backing

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Altschmerz

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Maugry

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The Standard Blues

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Flichtish

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The Wends

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Insoucism

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Aesthosis

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Emodox

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Solysium

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Indosentia

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Vaucasy

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Typifice

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Mottleheaded

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Aubadoir

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Anchorage

a person's arm extended over river rapids

Agnosthesia

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Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Keep

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Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark