Licotic

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Licotic

adj.
anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing—a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a TV show they’re lucky enough to watch for the very first time—which prompts you to continually poll their face waiting for the inevitable rush of awe, only to cringe when you discover all the work’s flaws shining through for the very first time.

Old English licode, it pleased [you] + psychotic. Pronounced “lahy-kot-ic.”

Adomania

a person riding a horse

Rubatosis

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Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Adronitis

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1202

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Kenaway

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