Mauerbauertraurigkeit

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

n.
the inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company you generally enjoy—like a poker player who keeps folding a promising hand in order to avoid the pain of losing, or tamp down the urge to go all-in.

German Mauerbauer, wall-builder + Traurigkeit, sadness. Pronounced “mou-er-bou-er-trou-rikh- kahyt.”

Waldosia

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Ecstatic Shock

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Soufrise

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Incidental Contact High

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Thrapt

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Etherness

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Los Vidados

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Nachlophobia

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Midding

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Lilo

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Ochisia

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La Gaudière

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Heartworm

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Hubilance

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Rivener

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Drisson

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Suente

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Lackout

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Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

La Gaudière

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Semaphorism

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Fool’s Guilt

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Boorance

a group of objects on a table

Punt Kick

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Hubilance

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Lockheartedness

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Ecsis

a hand holding a fossil