Soufrise

Soufrise

n.
the maddening thrill of an ambiguous flirtation, which quivers in tension halfway between platonic and romantic—maybe, but no, but maybe—leaving you guessing what’s going on inside their chest, forced to assume that at any given moment their attraction is both alive and dead at the same time.

French sourire, smile + frisson, a shiver of chill or excitement. Pronounced “soo-freez.”

Skidding

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Hanker Sore

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Anderance

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Los Vidados

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Flashover

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Moledro

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Querinous

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Mornden

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Rivener

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Hickering

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Lookaback

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Feresy

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Watashiato

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Dorgone

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Foilsick

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Midding

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The Kinder Surprise

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Semaphorism

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Solla, Solla, Solla

a hand reaching out for plant tendril

Dolorblindness

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Zielschmerz

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Tillid

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Rookish

a stone tower with a person seated on top

Scrough

a person working on the sidewalk

Nemotia

a city with clouds of smoke

Trumspringa

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