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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Fitching

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Apolytus

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The Whipgraft Delusion

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Keep

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Loss Of Backing

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Altschmerz

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Maugry

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The Standard Blues

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Flichtish

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The Wends

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Insoucism

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Aesthosis

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Emodox

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Solysium

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Indosentia

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Vaucasy

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Typifice

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Occhiolism

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Kenaway

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Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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Nachlophobia

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Amentalio

a person in a white dress, facing away

Moriturism

a person resting in the back seat of a car

Midsummer

a person standing in a garden holding a clock

Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Cullaways

a lone sand castle on a beach at low tide