Lookaback

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Lookaback

n.
the shock of meeting back up with someone and learning that your mental image of them had fallen wildly out of date—having grown up or gotten old, fallen apart or pulled themselves together—which shakes your faith in the accuracy of the social puppet show that runs continuously inside your head.

From look back + taken aback, taken by surprise.

Antiophobia

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La Gaudière

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Lookaback

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Dolorblindness

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Semaphorism

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The Kinder Surprise

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Watashiato

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Dolonia

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Lilo

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Drisson

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Hanker Sore

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Attriage

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Bye-Over

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Rivener

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On Tenderhooks

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Dorgone

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Mornden

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Fitzcarraldo

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Occhiolism

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Amuse-Douche

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Ecstatic Shock

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Fardle-Din

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Angosis

a table full of food

Etterath

a graduation cap and gown on a chair

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Lisolia

a bookcase containing objects