Manusia

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Manusia

n.
the ambient feeling of being a human being; a baseline mood that everyone feels intensely every moment of their lives, but can never pin down because they have nothing else to compare it to.

Sanskrit manusyá, human being. Pronounced “muh-noo-zhuh” or “muh-noo-zee-uh.”

Pithered

stacks of papers and folders piled high on a table

Anaphasia

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Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Volander

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Momophobia

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Ironsick

a group of random devices