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.

Loss Of Backing

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Mcfeely

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Malotype

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Indosentia

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Leidenfreude

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Emodox

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Maugry

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Liberosis

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Trueholding

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Agnosthesia

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Deep Gut

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Manusia

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Nementia

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Altschmerz

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Allope

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Ameneurosis

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Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Affogatia

miscellaneous items on a table

Rasque

close-up of the shards of a broken vase

Licotic

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Ne’er-Be-Gone

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Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Ecstatic Shock

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