Immerensis

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Immerensis

n.
the maddening inability to understand the reasons why someone loves you—almost as if you’re selling them a used car that you know has a ton of problems and requires daily tinkering just to get it to run normally, but no matter how much you try to warn them, they seem all the more eager to hop behind the wheel and see where this puppy can go.

Latin immerens, undeserving. Pronounced “ih-muhr-en-sis.”

Apolytus

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Pax Latrina

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Mogging Folly

a person sitting on a bench

Los Vidados

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair