Ioia

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Ioia

n.
the wish that you could see statistics overlaid on every person you encounter—checking the signal strength of their compatibility, a measure of their trustworthiness, or even just an emoji that tells you how they’re really feeling.

From the two symbols of binary code, 1 and 0, denoting “on” or “off” + I am. Pronounced “ahy- yo-yuh.”

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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Dystoria

close up of water drops on a window

Clockwise

a close-up of flower along with polaroid pictures

Hanker Sore

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Ringlorn

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Mimeomia

a person wearing an animal onesie garment

Trueholding

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Galagog

a person alone in a snowy desolate landscape

Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Proluctance

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