The Wends

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The Wends

n.
the frustration that you’re not enjoying an experience as much as you should, which prompts you to try plugging in various thought combinations to trigger anything more intense than roaring static, as if your heart had been inadvertently demagnetized by a surge of expectations.

From wend, to wander unpredictably along a predetermined path. Compare the bends, which occurs when a diver ascends too quickly and gas bubbles begin to form in their tissues, a condition that can be debilitating or fatal.

Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Spinning Playback Head

silhouette of a person looking out a window

Occhiolism

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Amoransia

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Trumspringa

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Walloway

water faucet that seems to emanate from the ground