Querinous

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Querinous

adj.
longing for a sense of certainty in a relationship; wishing there were some way to know ahead of time whether this is the person you’re going to wake up next to for twenty thousand mornings in a row, instead of having to count them out one by one, quietly hoping your streak continues.

Mandarin 确 认 (quèrèn), confirmation. Twenty thousand days is roughly fifty-five years. Pronounced “kweh-ruh-nuhs.”

Backmasking

a woman's face with a double exposure

Exulansis

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Gobo

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Nighthawk

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The Mcfly Effect

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Tirosy

a close-up of a young child's face