Wytai

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Wytai

n.
a feature of modern civilization that suddenly strikes you as absurd and grotesque—from pets and milk drinking to organ transplants, life insurance, and fiction—part of a rich legacy of absurdity that dates all the way back to the moment our ancestors first hauled themselves out of the slime, but could not for the life of them remember what they got up to do.

Acronym of When You Think About It. Pronounced “wahy-tahy.”

Heartmoor

a campfire with a kettle many small logs

Routwash

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Nyctous

a person walking in the middle of a street

Anthrodynia

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Siso

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Allope

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Ludiosis

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Pax Latrina

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Anti-Aliasing

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Wenbane

a person standing on a ledge looking at a city skyline

Eigenschauung

Eigen-schauung

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Covalent Bond

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Monachopsis

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Innity

a neatly made bed with diffused light glowing

Eisce

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Anecdoche

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Kuebiko

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Ledsome

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Lap Year

several people racing bicycles uphill in a forest

Ameneurosis

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Holiette

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Mauerbauertraurigkeit

Mauerbauer-traurigkeit

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Beloiter

a person sitting at a slot machine

Scabulous

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Lyssamania

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Thwit

close-up of a person with forehead wrinkled and holding their head

Archimony

a person looking at broken furniture