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.”

Addleworth

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Nighthawk

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Wellium

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Altschmerz

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Mcfeely

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Malotype

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The Giltwrights

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Desanté

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Trueholding

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Nementia

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Viadne

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Keep

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Fool’s Guilt

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Hiddled

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Maugry

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Elsing

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Ioia

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Vicarous

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Anderance

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Indosentia

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Latigo

aerial view of a city at night

Lackout

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Fitching

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Fitzcarraldo

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Licotic

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Justing

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Elsing

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