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.”

Symptomania

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Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Énouement

a hand opening a curtain

Allope

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Treachery Of The Common

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