Wellium

Wellium

n.
an excuse you come up with to rationalize a disappointing outcome— telling yourself you weren’t in the mood for that sold-out show anyway, that your safety school is actually a better fit, that your dream job might have been a bit too stressful.

From the phrase “Well, I... um...,” which typically precedes such an excuse. Pronounced “wel-ee- uhm.”

Deep Gut

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Nighthawk

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Proluctance

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Candling

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Symptomania

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Sayfish

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Rubatosis

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The Giltwrights

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Addleworth

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Vicarous

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Leidenfreude

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Endzoned

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Povism

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Fool’s Guilt

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Agnosthesia

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Lyssamania

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Wellium

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Hiddled

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Hailbound

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Flichtish

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Mithenness

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Keyframe

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Nementia

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Beloiter

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Ioia

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Foreclearing

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Nodrophobia

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