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.”

Desanté

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Symptomania

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Keep

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The Standard Blues

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Heartspur

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Aesthosis

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The Giltwrights

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Punt Kick

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Addleworth

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Sayfish

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Solysium

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The Wends

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1202

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The Meantime

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Insoucism

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Vicarous

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Proluctance

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Apolytus

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Mal De Coucou

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Fool’s Guilt

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Present-Tense

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The Til

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Epistrix

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Attriage

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Hiddled

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Kuebiko

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Anticious

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