Proluctance

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Proluctance

n.
the paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you’ve been looking forward to—opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who’s finally back in town, reading a new book from your favorite author—perpetually waiting around for the right state of mind, stretching out the bliss of anticipation as long as you can.

Latin pro-, forward + reluctans, resisting. Pronounced “proh-luhk-tuhns.”

Blinkback

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Kairosclerosis

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The Til

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Star-Stuck

a man walking towards a door with a large question mark

Apolytus

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Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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