Kairosclerosis

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Kairosclerosis

n.
the moment you look around and realize that you’re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart, and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste.

Ancient Greek καιρός (kairos), a sublime or opportune moment + σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis), hardening. Pronounced “kahy-roh-skluh-roh-sis.”

Licotic

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Idlewild

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Jouska

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Trumspringa

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Foreclearing

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Looseleft

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Slipfast

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Justing

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Gobo

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Vulture Shock

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Occhiolism

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Merrenness

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Plata Rasa

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Ringlorn

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Funkenzwangsvorstellung

Funkenzwang-svorstellung

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Fitzcarraldo

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Treachery Of The Common

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Etherness

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Heart Of Aces

a person covering their eyes with their hands

Vellichor

shelves with many books stacked and organized

Ioia

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Ghough

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Aoyaoia

a person holding a guitar

Aimonomia

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Tillid

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Suerza

a tunnel with a light emanating from the end